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I have been thinking about the color thing for days. Here is a recent Baker with 3 stained plies.
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Here are are two recent Heroin boards with 2 stained plies each.
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And then here is one recent Heroin Board with only one stained ply
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Sorry for out of focus
I’ve been a Baker Boys fanboy since middle school. I have never skated a bad board from them in my life. I prefer boards with more colors, but I’m actually skating worse on the Baker with 3 colored plies, and best on my solo colored ply Heroin. I don’t think it matters that much.
That being said, my most crisp feeling board right now is a DGK which I believe has at least 3, maybe even 4 colored plies. Don’t have a pic of that one right meow.
I don’t know if there is any truth to this and someone more knowledgeable can chime in but I remember hearing someone say the darker the ply makes the boards less crisp. Not necessarily darker color but more how opaque the stain is cause it fits in dye longer so it gets soggy?
Idk the colors of plies on the one you currently are feeling so this may be bullshit.
Can anyone confirm or deny this?
Hmm I may have an answer for you. For my TL;DR friends: it probably doesn't matter.
I'm a cabinetmaker/furniture finisher and I work with all sorts of products to treat and condition wood, including dyes and stains, which are two different types of products. Dyes are colorants (natural or aniline) that are completely dissolved in a solvent. Most stains contain dyes within them as well as pigments, binders, and solvents. What that means is that when a stain is applied to wood, it leaves pigments behind in the pores and when a dye is applied it completely saturates the fibers of the wood. It's possible that if a stain is used on a veneer it may appear more opaque because the pigments are left behind in the pores of the wood after the solvent dissolves.
however...
I'd guess most skateboard veneer manufacturers are dying their colored plies and for the sake of efficiency they are probably using alcohol based dyes or NGRs ("Non-Grain Raising", glycol ether based dyes) because they don't raise the grain of the wood and they dry much faster than water and oil based dyes. I think the moisture content of the veneers at the time laminating, the adhesives used, and the density of each individual veneer are better determinants of how "crisp" a board will feel.
Admins: first time poster here so if this response is deemed irrelevant to the topic just delete and I'll PM the user. Thanks.