Cloth Inlay on a surfboard : Fabric Inlay 

Building boards in coco what a life I miss used to hangout at the pier daily with Ron rosenbury watching him build there has to b some of his boards around still wow bringing back some memories very enjoyable watching again thanks

Wow... beautiful board! And really nicely made video. Perfect amount of conversation / instruction and accompanying imagery. Thank you 🤙🏼

nothing shy of AMAZING! Thanks!!!

Amazing video!

Nice! Beautiful stringer too!

Well done!

That was so beautiful I almost cried

Another solid video with Matt! Thanks y'all 🙏

Very classy. Thanks for the videos!

He is on point with his razor skills cuting a nice clean line and yeah I've done it on straight lines but this guy is flat out awesome on an ever changing radius!!!

Dude, like the Best Christmas Gift Ever...This Video is RIGHT ON TIME...I have been looking for such valuable info/videos high & low everywhere lately...and voila...here you go and make a Awesome video of just such a thing! The FORCE is Strong around here lately...Thanks MATTster Jedi ...You were our only Hope!...LOL!

I did a leopard print inlay on a fiberglass skateboard deck,top and bottom. Sprinkled glassbleed Into the hot coat for grip Turned out really nice

Thanks for the videos Matt - Best advice I've found...have you done any for glassing on a single fin? love the bay by the way

wonderful it's a great effect. my only request is more specific info on the 'glass mix. i.e. its 2.5 liters w 10 oz hardner Because its 74° @ 70% and this gives you 45 minutes time before it kicks. that kind of specificity would really help a newb like me because your kinda warm day might be a whole 'nother ball of wax for us in different parts of the globe. That said - what a classic example you've given us it looks so so good. Many thanks, I've learned of some great points to bring to my projects from this video.

Super good!!!

Great video. All of Matt's video are so informative. We need more Matt vids! Also, when is a good time to start cutting away the inlay along the tapeline after it's kicked? While it's still real soft, in between or harder? Thank you!

l enjoyed watching that, thanks from Down Under Australia.

Hi Matt, thanks for sharing this ! top content as usual. Do you put fiberglass on top of the cotton cloth if you do the operation on the deck for more reistance to impact? thanks

Extreme care…reminds me of the definition of expert : someone that had made all the mistakes that can be made in a specific endeavor, and learn from it

Great vid. Absolutely awesome. Question, would you route out the fin box after the cloth inlay and before glassing?

Thanks for the tutorial, I'm shaping a board and it's just what I want to do, but I am a total novice...so I would like to ask you when do you know the resin has "kicked" thanks again

Is it possible to make on top of the fiber or in between 2 layers to get tinted background? Really amazing videos and explanations! Keep it on!

I would really like to know if you make kiteboards, or say sup foil boards? Always a pleasure to watch the master craftsman at work.

So cool looking, I'd like to try this on a tabletop. Thanks for sharing these!

Awesome tutorial

Making a jig that holds your pencil at a set distance from the rail is an easy way of marking out a full line for the masking, takes trying to eyeball a symmetrical nose line out of the question.

it's very nice with the clothes

Cool fighting Irish skate board on the wall Matt

I've a few ?? Does the additional cloth add much weight? Huge weight difference between silk and wool or cotton, which material works best?

Great videos as always, I got a few questions, Are you using epoxy ? And what kind of foam is that one ? It can be use in any foam PU, PS, EPS ...? thanks a lot.

Would you do this at the same time as your fiberglass cloth??

Would installing a laser level above you help line things up? Centre the board on the laser then the cloth on the laser.

Hi Matt, Thank you so much for this video and all the others, it's unbelievably thorough, quality-oriented and so pedagogic. Also, I was wondering if you might be planning to specifically address filler/hot coating one of these days by any chance? I've seen your video on gloss coating but I'd be more than interested to have your take on fillers as well. Anyway, keep up the great work, thanks again! :) Cheers Ed

Excellent video!!! Absolutely Beautiful board!!! You have inspired me to build my first surfboard. I'm an old hippie - going for a tie-dyed deck. Would you recommend putting the cloth under the fiberglass or over the fiberglass like in your video??

Dude that so funny because I was just saying look his other hand is in his pocket! Not but 1 second later you said you keep your hand in your pocket, lol!

Great video! Are you following this with a fiberglass lam over the cloth?

Very informative like your Keen Attention to details. Aloha UnkoRob

What kind of cloth do you recommend? Great videos! Keep them coming.

How much resin do you use to laminate fabric as compared to laminating, say, 6 oz cloth for the same size area? Just about to do this myself (great timing for your video - thanks!) and want to get a ballpark idea for roughly how much more or less resin I can expect to catalyze than during a standard lamination.

What glue mix to make the cloth layer

That's a great video! Thanks guys! I am just wondering, do you sand the inlay before doing the bottom lam?

Matt, I've done about a dozen such inlays but have always just put the cloth under the lamination and never have had any problem with the process, and haven't experienced any delamination later during the life of the board, and in several cases, felt like it made the board (when on the deck) just a bit stronger. Any reason not to do it that way?

What type of cloth would you recommend? Could it be any type of thin clothing?

Awesome!! Did u used epoxy resin? Wich fiberglass clothe did u used on top of the fabric clothe

What was the glassing schedule for this board?, didn't see it in the proceeding videos, right up to the final polish.

What kind of cloth do you use? Specific material, weight, thickness? Thanks for the videos.

can you do this with epoxy?

I saw the board on Instagram, beautiful! Can I just ask why you lay the glass, the peel it back, put the resin on then lay it over again, rather than just putting the resin on top of the cloth. Thanks James.

Please tell Matt Holiday about 3m Blue Vinyl striping tape for the nose.

Wow

Cloth ? What type/material of cloth can be used ? I have used sarongs before as they are very thin. I have found that the weight factor is an issue if your material is thicker. Can you please give me some info on what not to use ? Happy new year : )

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Come on Matt .. we all know there is a hole in your pocket 🤣 ... nice vid mate

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Yeah when you folded over the inlay I flashed on Jack Reeves technique.

To align your pattern of your inlay simply shoot a laser down the blank and then lay your fabric and use the laser to align the pattern

may I ask why you are inlaying the bottom of the board (the unseen side) as opposed to the top? Nonetheless, beautiful craftsmenship.

Hello. Discover the secret, this material with a pattern, what is it?)

respirator and barefoot??? c'mon you know the ingress if you've spent time around resins.

Cool video !@ what are you kicking your resin , 1.5-2 % ? I’m up in St Petersburg & do a lot of composite work on custom car interiors , the 3M highland tape you have is all i use , cost more but you’ll never have problems w/the solvents releasing it ! Have a good one