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I know for the effort and the price this is not so much an option, but I have been buying sale boards, mainly bad graphics that are marked down, from companies that use good wood and then scraping the graphic off with a razor blade, so I get the best of both worlds.
This is the most recent one:
Sickk dude. Ive been doing this with Tactics shop boards, they're BBS wood and actually found one thats the same shape as an AntiHero board that I really liked. Usually, ill use a hand sander/sandpaper and then hit it with a Rustoleum clear coat after and its mintt.
@Mbrimson88 i want to do this. Urs look good. So I got two R7 Enjoi boards on sale with pretty minimal graphics
(Peekaboo panda)got some blades n stuff from bunnings . I'll post when I set one up
Dwindle R7 Blanks sound very appealing to me
Thought you guys might appreciate a follow up post.
Sorry if viewing pics like this is a bit of a pain, but it is easier for me to have them all together in this sort of format.
Happy to help with any questions or other info as well.
Boards I have blanked.
In looking back over pics as well as getting some boards out, I have blanked almost ten of these current boards from various brands including Baker, Birdhouse, Element and others, all on the same wood, from the BBS woodshop.
Some I have left blank, others stickered up, some painted but for all of them, I am more stoked on nice stains than anything else. Not so much a fan of a natural bottom layer, or even some stains, but having painted and used those boards, I am more stoked now.
Helps they are just the right shape, concave and usually on sale so it doesn't matter what the original graphic was.
As far as blanking them, I found using a nice clean razor blade is best, holding the blade almost vertical on a flat board, scraping at the graphic just taking the paint off but not the varnish layer underneath and keeps the boards still nicely sealed, clean and good to use.
I do have a bit more time these days to do that, so it is not a worry now to do a whole board in a short while, but took a few boards to get the technique going nicely.
Anyway that is just a bit of trivia and fun.
Well worth it for the good times on my boards.