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Friday 23 September 2011

G-Mat 4 Mat-build Pt 2

I've got on with the I'beams today.  All went well.
















Letting everything press now and will fuse the edges and do the corners when I get a chance. Then it's on to dying.

*GULP*

G

4 comments:

n s pye said...

G,
what nylon/plastic are you using for the deck and bottom? Looks thin and fast!

GRAYMAN said...

It's a 70 denier PU backed nylon tafetta. Very, very light. I used it on the bottom of G-Mat 3 but G-Mat 2 had it all over, same as this build.

The downside with this material is its strength. G-Mat 2 failed because I'd used this for I-Beams and it isn't up to it. This mat has I-Beams made from 100d twill same as G-Mat 3. I've been riding that in chunky surf and its going strong.

:-)

G

cookson said...

But it looks so sick in white! You could always just pigment the grip?!

GRAYMAN said...

Pigmenting a whole grip would be hell on toast!

I really wanna try out dying on this. I promise to make a white one at some point though. :-)

G