well it depends on lots of things Chrispy - from the type of waves you surf, the board shape etc but if you find that it works for you then I say who cares what everyone else thinks!!! Maybe its the combo of the finish with the responsive rails

real surfers don't gloss

Two schools of thought on this one Mr Chrispy. Some will tell you that as polyester resin is actually porous (not very but absorbs water) that the finish coat seals and creates an egg shell type protective layer.

The other thought is that poly resin has no strength and adding an extra layer to the top can actually weaken the board as it cracks easily when flexed, this then creates fissures which split into the cloth fibres.

The thing is though, you never see a lightly glassed board finish coated and polished so if the weakness theory is correct (and any composites literarature will agree) that it is overcome by adding more layers of cloth, heavy blank etc.

They look great but don't they... I love a good polished log Mal.

The real skill is having glasses and sanders good enough to get polished type finishes without adding the finish coat to get it.

Of course then there are sprayed 2 pacs etc that polish very well and add strength without much weight but that's another chapter.

That's it I'm selling my quiver because there all gloss finished'so I must look like kook walking down the sand

Really are any of us good enough to notice the difference between both

But Chrispy, your had deeper concaves than most.

62mac said...
That's it I'm selling my quiver because there all gloss finished'so I must look like kook walking down the sand

Really are any of us good enough to notice the difference between both

No hahaha

62mac said...
That's it I'm selling my quiver because there all gloss finished'so I must look like kook walking down the sand

Really are any of us good enough to notice the difference between both

there's more to being a kook than just walking down the sand and i should know