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Re: DIY boards/graphics
« Reply #840 on: October 11, 2022, 07:39:14 AM »
Here are a few boards I have pressed and screen printed. Working on getting 2-3+ color screen prints








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Re: DIY boards/graphics
« Reply #841 on: October 13, 2022, 06:39:15 PM »
What’s the consensus on painting over graphics?

Got an Enjoi with a terrible graphic, I can’t really be fucked sanding the whole bitch down, I was just gonna rough it up with a sanding block and go over with a couple coats of 2X


It often depends on the colours of the graphic, but matt black will often take nicely and cover everything easily enough, then just add wax if you want to slide without a whole lot of the graphic showing through.

Been experimenting with scraping graphics off with a razor blade, rather than sanding and that works really well, but takes a bit of effort if you are not so used to it.  At least the under coat of clear is often still there and I just scrape off the paint on top, not cut into the wood at all and they come up nicely.


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Re: DIY boards/graphics
« Reply #842 on: January 17, 2023, 04:34:56 AM »
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I thought this would be good here too, from someone who makes their own boards, along with the other posts below that I put up in the woodshop thread.


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Re: DIY boards/graphics
« Reply #843 on: January 22, 2023, 04:06:08 PM »
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Another one I came across, from UK making boards.

https://www.instagram.com/gabba_gabba_skates/

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Re: DIY boards/graphics
« Reply #844 on: January 22, 2023, 04:11:06 PM »
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Another one I came across, from UK making boards.

https://www.instagram.com/gabba_gabba_skates/

GABBA GABBA SKATES
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gabbagabbaskates.teemill.com


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https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl9a3oHMf2c/

Whoa that’s cool!  Really interesting shape.  Square-ish boards look so good.

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Re: DIY boards/graphics
« Reply #845 on: January 22, 2023, 08:07:49 PM »
Here's my page. I press and cut boards at home.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm-z9j5sTzu/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

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Re: DIY boards/graphics
« Reply #846 on: January 26, 2023, 11:06:41 AM »
I made this cruiser board for my wife to ride.

The original deck was a Krooked 'el camino' shape which I cut down by about 2 inches, using the nose of a fresh deck with the same shape as a guide. Then I made the tail slightly shorter by about 3/16 of an inch, to take off the razor tail. I sanded all the edges and then moved the trucks about 1.5" back.

The original deck was 32.15 inches but the new shape is 30.

My wife painted the graphic on the bottom.

I had some indy 144s lying around from when I used to ride 8" decks so I put those and some new OJ 55mm super juice wheels on it. Super fun. I'll probably end up using it more than my wife but that's the way it goes...



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Re: DIY boards/graphics
« Reply #847 on: January 26, 2023, 04:35:49 PM »
I made dis





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Re: DIY boards/graphics
« Reply #848 on: February 20, 2023, 03:56:03 PM »
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I can't remember if I had posted this before, but I think I had maybe in another thread:



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Re: DIY boards/graphics
« Reply #849 on: March 18, 2023, 06:47:56 PM »
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Another one:


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Re: DIY boards/graphics
« Reply #850 on: May 12, 2023, 03:23:54 PM »



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Re: DIY boards/graphics
« Reply #851 on: May 15, 2023, 07:41:50 AM »
A mini for my son Seb:




And not a mini for myself:


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Re: DIY boards/graphics
« Reply #852 on: May 15, 2023, 01:36:23 PM »
Where'd the full size shape come from?

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Re: DIY boards/graphics
« Reply #853 on: May 16, 2023, 08:14:12 AM »
Where'd the full size shape come from?
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Re: DIY boards/graphics
« Reply #854 on: July 02, 2023, 11:09:04 AM »
What’s a decent enough way to finish off a cut down deck without having access to a belt sander? I cut off one deck with one of those electric handheld saws (dunno what it’s called in English) but it’s quite sloppy. There’s still a bunch of material to be taken off but I haven’t got access to every sort of a tool. My apartment complex has this woodworking room with all sorts of stuff but for sanding they only have a handheld battery powered off centered round sander (sorry, I dunno the name of that in English either). What sort of tools would be good for the job? Manual handheld or something powered?  :)

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Re: DIY boards/graphics
« Reply #855 on: July 02, 2023, 02:07:05 PM »
What’s a decent enough way to finish off a cut down deck without having access to a belt sander? I cut off one deck with one of those electric handheld saws (dunno what it’s called in English) but it’s quite sloppy. There’s still a bunch of material to be taken off but I haven’t got access to every sort of a tool. My apartment complex has this woodworking room with all sorts of stuff but for sanding they only have a handheld battery powered off centered round sander (sorry, I dunno the name of that in English either). What sort of tools would be good for the job? Manual handheld or something powered?  :)

I round the rails by hand with a sanding block.
Rough out with 40/80/180 then finish with 320 with a scuff pad as a block. Start at the top sand to the center an equal number of times, flip, repeat and make sure you use cross strokes(ie X) and you’ll see when it’s time to start rolling the edges.

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Re: DIY boards/graphics
« Reply #856 on: July 02, 2023, 05:03:47 PM »
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What’s a decent enough way to finish off a cut down deck without having access to a belt sander? I cut off one deck with one of those electric handheld saws (dunno what it’s called in English) but it’s quite sloppy. There’s still a bunch of material to be taken off but I haven’t got access to every sort of a tool. My apartment complex has this woodworking room with all sorts of stuff but for sanding they only have a handheld battery powered off centered round sander (sorry, I dunno the name of that in English either). What sort of tools would be good for the job? Manual handheld or something powered?  :)
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I round the rails by hand with a sanding block.
Rough out with 40/80/180 then finish with 320 with a scuff pad as a block. Start at the top sand to the center an equal number of times, flip, repeat and make sure you use cross strokes(ie X) and you’ll see when it’s time to start rolling the edges.


I have been thinking of taking some corners off square tails (and some noses) on boards, so this will help there too, in particular the Grosso 9.25 shape was on a crazy special recently so I picked up a few of them and was planning to make them a bit more "Huffer" shaped in the nose and tail.

More than anything, I have a lot of scraps of Mob and other grip which I am thinking should help in that regard too.


One guy I know has it down to a fine art, even using clear coat on the finished board to seal it when done and his boards turn out so well, you would not even know that he hand shaped them from other boards.

I talk too much about skateboards.  Sorry.

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Re: DIY boards/graphics
« Reply #857 on: July 02, 2023, 09:26:59 PM »
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What’s a decent enough way to finish off a cut down deck without having access to a belt sander? I cut off one deck with one of those electric handheld saws (dunno what it’s called in English) but it’s quite sloppy. There’s still a bunch of material to be taken off but I haven’t got access to every sort of a tool. My apartment complex has this woodworking room with all sorts of stuff but for sanding they only have a handheld battery powered off centered round sander (sorry, I dunno the name of that in English either). What sort of tools would be good for the job? Manual handheld or something powered?  :)
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I round the rails by hand with a sanding block.
Rough out with 40/80/180 then finish with 320 with a scuff pad as a block. Start at the top sand to the center an equal number of times, flip, repeat and make sure you use cross strokes(ie X) and you’ll see when it’s time to start rolling the edges.

Thanks! I was thinking of maybe using a rasp or a file to get the biggest chunks on off. My sawing wasn’t exactly stellar. It was my first time cutting a board. Would you advise against that and just sand it by hand instead?

How about the round off center sander? Would it be a bad idea? I might also get access to a handheld belt sander if needed but that’s still quite uncertain.

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Re: DIY boards/graphics
« Reply #858 on: July 02, 2023, 09:33:19 PM »
Honestly couldn’t say about a rasp. No idea how close to where you want it it is. If they’re huge, probably. If it’s fairly close, probably not.
No idea what the sander you’re talking about is. I work with steel most of the time but do some woodworking for forms/bucks but basically all by hand(slower so more precise for me).

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Re: DIY boards/graphics
« Reply #859 on: July 02, 2023, 10:11:04 PM »
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What’s a decent enough way to finish off a cut down deck without having access to a belt sander? I cut off one deck with one of those electric handheld saws (dunno what it’s called in English) but it’s quite sloppy. There’s still a bunch of material to be taken off but I haven’t got access to every sort of a tool. My apartment complex has this woodworking room with all sorts of stuff but for sanding they only have a handheld battery powered off centered round sander (sorry, I dunno the name of that in English either). What sort of tools would be good for the job? Manual handheld or something powered?  :)
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I round the rails by hand with a sanding block.
Rough out with 40/80/180 then finish with 320 with a scuff pad as a block. Start at the top sand to the center an equal number of times, flip, repeat and make sure you use cross strokes(ie X) and you’ll see when it’s time to start rolling the edges.
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Thanks! I was thinking of maybe using a rasp or a file to get the biggest chunks on off. My sawing wasn’t exactly stellar. It was my first time cutting a board. Would you advise against that and just sand it by hand instead?

How about the round off center sander? Would it be a bad idea? I might also get access to a handheld belt sander if needed but that’s still quite uncertain.
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Re: DIY boards/graphics
« Reply #860 on: July 03, 2023, 03:26:34 AM »
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What’s a decent enough way to finish off a cut down deck without having access to a belt sander? I cut off one deck with one of those electric handheld saws (dunno what it’s called in English) but it’s quite sloppy. There’s still a bunch of material to be taken off but I haven’t got access to every sort of a tool. My apartment complex has this woodworking room with all sorts of stuff but for sanding they only have a handheld battery powered off centered round sander (sorry, I dunno the name of that in English either). What sort of tools would be good for the job? Manual handheld or something powered?  :)
[close]

I round the rails by hand with a sanding block.
Rough out with 40/80/180 then finish with 320 with a scuff pad as a block. Start at the top sand to the center an equal number of times, flip, repeat and make sure you use cross strokes(ie X) and you’ll see when it’s time to start rolling the edges.
[close]

Thanks! I was thinking of maybe using a rasp or a file to get the biggest chunks on off. My sawing wasn’t exactly stellar. It was my first time cutting a board. Would you advise against that and just sand it by hand instead?

How about the round off center sander? Would it be a bad idea? I might also get access to a handheld belt sander if needed but that’s still quite uncertain.
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Sorry guys about lil Finnish here but I found it easier to talk about tools in our native language ;D

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Re: DIY boards/graphics
« Reply #861 on: February 21, 2024, 01:29:35 PM »
what lacquer has the best slide for blank/sprayed boards?
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Re: DIY boards/graphics
« Reply #862 on: February 21, 2024, 03:34:21 PM »
I use rustoleum 2X gloss, works well, but leave it to go off for a couple days after

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Re: DIY boards/graphics
« Reply #863 on: February 22, 2024, 06:34:10 AM »
Some recent screen prints on some new shapes


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