Thread: best glue for a wooden surfboard

Bob,
It can be trial and era. Unfortunately when you make a surfboard a lot of time goes into it.
Money can also be a problem. Cross linking PVA's are also good some people will not agre but i love them. Kleiberit 303 seems to be one of the best and very water resistant when dry.
Epiglue has great filling quolitys and is easy to use because it is thick. Can add weight. so if you have nice clean joints or surfaces that you know will come together nicely use the 303. If you have a blind glue up and are not sure use epiglue or its close cousin techniglue. The key to doing any glue up when you are putting timber under tension like your deck and bottom of the surfboard is be patient always leave clamped up for longer than the tin says. If you dont have time try to keep the room at a constant temperature when i use epoxys i try to heat the room to about 30 degrees you dont want to go over 32 i use heat lamps and a small heater in a fully insulated and closed in spray booth i measure the surface temperature of the piece being glued. Make sure you glue up then heat the room or timber. By doing this you can take clamps of after a few hours dont take my word on this always check before de clamping.

I also find it good to do sample pieces and to test different techniques before lunching in on the project. Most of the time i surprise my self to find i actuality need to use less material and glue just buy doing some simple tests.
Sorry about the essay i was trying to do a quick response.
All the best
Crex

Crex,

Thanks again. I'll look into this. The board is solid paulownia and will only be oiled. I am presently looking into the merits of tung oil.

regards

Bob

Glue it together with WEST systems. Then shape your board then when your finished and want to keep the weight down use a 2oz lay with Vinyl Ester resin.
Ester is way easy to lay up than Epoxy.