So I (think) I've got the hot wire figured out to cut the rough shape of my board. I was wondering what everyone is using to do the shaping of their foam? Also how smooth does the foam have to be to make the glass look good? <BR> <BR>Thanks in advance!

If you're hotwirig then you are using EPS. Any imperfections will show up in the final lamination, either as a dark spot or the glass will follow the contour. You can fill in mistakes with a ligtweight spackle...Dap makes one called Fast 'n Final...I use a generic product from ACE hardware. Before you lamiate, you'll want to seal the EPS with this spackle. NOT a thick coat, just enough to slow down the resin penetration into the EPS, otherwise the EPS tends to drink the resin like a sponge and you wind up with a heavy board. <BR> <BR>Shaping is done with Electric Planer, Surfoam, sandpaper, dragon skin (sheetrock screen) and also small handheld hotwire devices. <BR> <BR>Good luck Chris - be sure to post up pic's of the build.

Yea , good luck Chris and maybe rent karate kid to get motivated to sand<img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/clipart/lol.gif" border=0> <BR> <BR>(Message edited by lakeside5_10 on June 12, 2008)