DIY boards/graphics

[LewFarrell]

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I painted this on a blank

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I like it.

[El Chupacabra]

Thanks for the compliment on the CMYK photo boards. I had fun doing them.
Process is not easy and pretty time consuming so its not real practical for production, just one offs. Back to the drawing board I guess!

[munchbox]

Thanks for the compliment on the CMYK photo boards. I had fun doing them.
Process is not easy and pretty time consuming so its not real practical for production, just one offs. Back to the drawing board I guess!

whats the dims? that shape looks perfect

[El Chupacabra]

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Thanks for the compliment on the CMYK photo boards. I had fun doing them.
Process is not easy and pretty time consuming so its not real practical for production, just one offs. Back to the drawing board I guess!

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whats the dims? that shape looks perfect

8.5" BBS
I have at least 2 left. One orange, one black. Some 8.75s too, but I think those are ASF/Clutch

[El Chupacabra]

Did a quickie spraypaint Penny Killer cruiser the other day for a friends god daughter. Xmas complete incoming.





Board is from Quincy, so RIP on that one, but its a rad shape. Trucks are lil' Theeves I had kicking around. Wheels are Bones cruisers of some sort.

[TwisT]

I got a Cricut for Christmas. This is my first little project. This is just vinyl on wood. They have these ink based transfers Im gonna play with soon.

[El Chupacabra]

How'd you print the vinyl?
Will it stay on? My decal transfers rip off if you look at them funny. Trying for something more durable.

Edit: I see. A Circut. Is the color/texture dependent on the vinyl?

[TwisT]

How'd you print the vinyl?
Will it stay on? My decal transfers rip off if you look at them funny. Trying for something more durable.

Edit: I see. A Circut. Is the color/texture dependent on the vinyl?

Likely won’t last long. Luckily I’m not much of a board slider. There are different types of vinyl. Most of its doesn’t seem better than a sticker as far as putting in on boards. I made some sweatshirts on my sisters before I got my own. They were fine.



I’m and excited to try the ink stuff soon.

[TwisT]

more vinyl, this time with spray paint
The vinyl holds up surprisingly well to skating

[Hyliannightmare]

Did a quickie spraypaint Penny Killer cruiser the other day for a friends god daughter. Xmas complete incoming.





Board is from Quincy, so RIP on that one, but its a rad shape. Trucks are lil' Theeves I had kicking around. Wheels are Bones cruisers of some sort.

I painted this on a blank

these are sick

[Murge]

more vinyl, this time with spray paint
The vinyl holds up surprisingly well to skating

Clean and simple. They look so good


@Hyliannightmare  thank you!

[jay_nev]

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more vinyl, this time with spray paint
The vinyl holds up surprisingly well to skating

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Clean and simple. They look so good


@Hyliannightmare  thank you!

whats the story on the board with wheel wells?

[TwisT]

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more vinyl, this time with spray paint
The vinyl holds up surprisingly well to skating

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Clean and simple. They look so good


@Hyliannightmare  thank you!

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whats the story on the board with wheel wells?

https://www.skateshred.com/wholesale-blank-longboard-decks/blank-old-school-skateboard-decks/33-x-9-old-school-blank-deck-o33.html

[Mbrimson88]

They look good - always people looking for 9 x 33 with 15 wheelbase.

[Peepeeboy69]

maybe dumb question but i want to paint my (blank) board just a solid color because i like the slidey marks

what kind of paint should I use? I have some left over from painting some walls in my house, i think they're arcrylic paints?

[Mbrimson88]

maybe dumb question but i want to paint my (blank) board just a solid color because i like the slidey marks

what kind of paint should I use? I have some left over from painting some walls in my house, i think they're arcrylic paints?

Pretty much anything is ok, but if you do it too thick it might end up very sticky.

A couple of guys I skate with always only buy blanks and spray their own, usually single colours, but then put a lot of wax on their boards too, just to even out the stickiness.  I used to always get blanks back in the day and paint them, sometimes it was very slick, other times I couldn't slide at all without a ton of wax.

At one point, I would use matt black to do the middle of new boards, because I liked more slick slide on the nose and tail, but didn't want to slip out on decker tricks, which worked well for me.

Higher gloss is more slick than matt finish too.

If you got a bit creative, you could mix it up some as we used to do, but the plain white deck (or single colour) really shows off the slide marks well.

[ballintoohard]

Any recs for sanding off a graphic I don't like?

[yourbreakfsat]

Any recommendations for eco-friendly wood stains + finishers/clear coat?

[TwisT]

Any recs for sanding off a graphic I don't like?

Paint thinner or acetone with some elbow grease works fine, although it can get sloppy. No sanding really needed.

[Mbrimson88]

Any recs for sanding off a graphic I don't like?

How much do you have in the way of griptape offcuts?

Mob especially will take off that graphic pretty quickly, but doing it by hand takes a while, depending on how much of the board you are sanding.

I have a small sander that I stick the griptape offcuts to which does the job nicely, but I have also used a small piece of wood that I stick the grip on as well.

[Mantracker]

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Any recs for sanding off a graphic I don't like?

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Paint thinner or acetone with some elbow grease works fine, although it can get sloppy. No sanding really needed.

buy 4 different sheets of sandpaper at your local hardware store for 25 cents each and start sanding with the grain. Sanding is better for your deck than accidently soaking it with chemicals

go 80-120-220-320 grit

Then wipe with acetone or paint thinner or just plain water after a good sanding

or do boardslides until you like it

[yourbreakfsat]

Figured I should post here

In the process of starting a skate brand by cutting and finishing shapes myself (yup, became yet another person starting a board brand). "Wide board short wheelbase" riders should like this.

So far I've decided on two shapes, with the third still in the works.



9.875" x 31.82"



9.81" x 33.5" (only measures so long because of the punk nose, a good inch of the nose wouldn't be really skated and tail is right below 7" based off my measurements, which is the middle of the outside mounting holes to the tip of the tail).

Both decks will have a 14" - ~14.5" adjustable wheelbase (not pictured in the first image as I didn't drill the holes then). Haven't decided which color I want to stain the punk point.

[pointandclick]

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Thanks guys, glad you're stoked on them as they are fun to make. Heres the final color



Heres one I did with a white registration layer. I like the clear ones better, honestly.




Boards come from a popular North American manufacturer, beyond that I don't wanna say in an open forum.

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These are so so cool

were these screened or transferred?

[pointandclick]

More screen printed shenanigans.

Printed on Budweiser brown and Heineken green. lol.

Brett "The Keg" Kavanaugh

also was going to ask what was your screening set up, curved screen or straight frame with looser tension?

[Noble Experiment]

Is it pretty easy to accidentally sand a ply away when sanding off a graphic or nah? Sanding off a DIY spray paint stencil gone wrong on an unfinished blank deck, the paint is on there pretty good so I gotta go pretty rough to get it off, just kinda worried I might wear a whole ply away or something tho while doing it. I am using sandpaper and doing it by hand btw.

[Mbrimson88]

Is it pretty easy to accidentally sand a ply away when sanding off a graphic or nah? Sanding off a DIY spray paint stencil gone wrong on an unfinished blank deck, the paint is on there pretty good so I gotta go pretty rough to get it off, just kinda worried I might wear a whole ply away or something tho while doing it. I am using sandpaper and doing it by hand btw.

No you would be there for hours to try to get through a layer of ply.

Even just doing some simple graphic removal, you barely get through the paint layer and hardly take much wood with it.

The griptape off cuts I was using would tend to clog up pretty fast, but they were good for getting most of the paint off fairly easily, then just do the same all over a bit more gently and you would be looking at plain wood in no time.

[El Chupacabra]

So those photo CMYK decks I did are waterslide transfers.

I provide boards as props so I needed a way to offer custom and client logos on blanks that could be done quickly, this is the result.
Biggest downside, they're not very durable for actual skating. I have upped my varnish game recently though, the spray Varathane is really good. Lightyears beyond regular rattlecan varnish like rusto or krylon.

Heres a newish one.

[Noble Experiment]

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Is it pretty easy to accidentally sand a ply away when sanding off a graphic or nah? Sanding off a DIY spray paint stencil gone wrong on an unfinished blank deck, the paint is on there pretty good so I gotta go pretty rough to get it off, just kinda worried I might wear a whole ply away or something tho while doing it. I am using sandpaper and doing it by hand btw.

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No you would be there for hours to try to get through a layer of ply.

Even just doing some simple graphic removal, you barely get through the paint layer and hardly take much wood with it.

The griptape off cuts I was using would tend to clog up pretty fast, but they were good for getting most of the paint off fairly easily, then just do the same all over a bit more gently and you would be looking at plain wood in no time.

Thanks for responding, definitely was a bit worried about sanding off a layer at first. 
Also, on a related note, how many layers of clear spray paint would y’all say is ideal for sealing an unfinished deck? I did one coat back n forth, let it sit for like a few minutes, then did another coat back and forth. I’m wondering if that’s enough or if I should do more. Too much and I’m worried it might start to pool or feel mucky, too little and I’m worried it isn’t going to be properly sealed.
Still a noob to all of this, but with time I hope to learn the ropes.

[Mbrimson88]

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Is it pretty easy to accidentally sand a ply away when sanding off a graphic or nah? Sanding off a DIY spray paint stencil gone wrong on an unfinished blank deck, the paint is on there pretty good so I gotta go pretty rough to get it off, just kinda worried I might wear a whole ply away or something tho while doing it. I am using sandpaper and doing it by hand btw.

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No you would be there for hours to try to get through a layer of ply.

Even just doing some simple graphic removal, you barely get through the paint layer and hardly take much wood with it.

The griptape off cuts I was using would tend to clog up pretty fast, but they were good for getting most of the paint off fairly easily, then just do the same all over a bit more gently and you would be looking at plain wood in no time.

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Thanks for responding, definitely was a bit worried about sanding off a layer at first. 
Also, on a related note, how many layers of clear spray paint would y’all say is ideal for sealing an unfinished deck? I did one coat back n forth, let it sit for like a few minutes, then did another coat back and forth. I’m wondering if that’s enough or if I should do more. Too much and I’m worried it might start to pool or feel mucky, too little and I’m worried it isn’t going to be properly sealed.
Still a noob to all of this, but with time I hope to learn the ropes.

Just one is plenty as long as you cover the whole board, not get spots done twice here or missed at all there.

We used to do a lot of painting of boards and the thicker coats of paint were pretty average to try to slide or do much on.

[El Chupacabra]

Death of Marat deck