Standup Zone Forum
General => The Shape Shack => Topic started by: clay on October 26, 2022, 09:53:29 AM
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Has anyone grown a surfboard and laminated with tree sap?
Over the years I have heard of various attempts at bio or plant based foam, and every time I followed up it was a dead end. Either they focused on other markets or gave up for some undisclosed reason.
I have more recently heard of nature's epoxy - mixing tree sap with burnt wood ashes. Information seems scarce and seeing a finished creation even more hard to come by.
I tracked down a grow foam kit supplier and some plant cloth and some tree sap and gave a go at growing a surfboard:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqTIzIhNDDw
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It will be interesting with the grow foam to see if it can get a somewhat constant weight per square foot.
Do you know what do they weight per square foot? And water resistance or absorption?
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On thier blog they mention playing around with different densities.