Making a retro twin fin fish out of recycled polystyrene
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ต.ค. 2024
- I wanted to make a board that would be good on small days that we often get in Papamoa but could also rip the bigger swells, so I had this idea to make a retro twin fin surfboard out of recycled materials. The overall cost of the board was about $165. Which is cheap. I'm suuuuper stoked with how it turned out and it's so fun to surf. Yeeewwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Joshua recently married and moved out of home. The board went with him. It has been used, abused, dropped, kicked, shelved, dragged out and thrashed again and still looks as good as the day after its first wave. I have been impressed by its durability and rideability. I'm gonna put pressure on him to do a follow up to this with surfing it and reflections/reviews of it and see if we can get some mates to ride it and give their thoughts. Summer is almost here.... Dad.
This is awesome!!! After my re-shape I might have to get on this too!!!
Ben Gravy yeah dude that would be sick, can't wait to see how it turns out!!!!
Ben Gravy! What are you doing here?? You are everywhere!!! Yewwww!
Ben , when you doing a recycled polyboard bro. Looking for it. Bring it!
you are an example in this world where everyone throws everything away without reusing anything ,thank you!!
outsidersurfsk8 thanks so much!
Yo thats dope!
Thanks dude!
This was probabaly most of davids inspiration for his retro fish board
Great stuff Joshua!! And thanks for showing how it's done because now I'm making one. My fish has a special place in my heart, but it would be even more special if it were upcycled.
That looks like the Styrofoam I used to make my board years back. I used fish boxes, since I work with seafood. My board is still holding together years later, probably because I put excessive resin on it, it's a battleship.
I'd say it's the exact same, that's awesome!
Looks Fun!
Awesome! im about to do a retro fish from an old blank and this vid has given me extra confidence.. thanks dude.
That's awesome dude!
Very nice job! Saving the planet and having fun!
Stagliano's Boards thanks!
Really good:)
Thanks
Kinda late, but that’s nice!
thanks I appreciate it. Got another surfboard video idea in the making so stay tuned
this is so freaking dope, thanks for sharing!!!!
Thank you for watching!
I never thought to upcycle 'disposable' coolers into a board. I'll be sure to pick foam coolers whenever I see them at the dump now. Maybe by mid summer I can make a serviceable board
Awesome good luck
Should've taking a bit of foam on the tail so could've gone faster. Good project. I do the same sometimes.
Surfmus thank you!
I really want to try and make a surfboard it looks hella fun. cool video
The unstoppable Freefall definitely do it! It's awesome!!!
Shred it bro, awesome project! Looking forward to surfing with you sometime soon!
Quentin Dorleans yeewwww thanks man. And that would be awesome!
Really great job, bro!
Thanks dude
Its ON!!!
Parabéns!!!🤙🏻
Yeww
You ROCK
Very cool!
wow !!! OMG , what a great idea !!
Thank you! Try it out dude!!!!
Well done!!
Barry P thanks so much dude!!
Inspiring mate, looks so good!
smoz thanks a lot!
Everything about this video is so good! Although I would love to see how you glassed it! Any tips and pointerS?
Thanks, a good pointer would be get everything you need ready to do the job around the surf board to make the process go alot smoother
And work the resin from the middle of the board to the outward edges
Awesome cool.....
Thanks!
So how did you do the stringer and the wood rails that you cut? Planning my own project like this!
for the stringer pretty sure i marked out the total length and then every six or so inches marked out the height to get the shape of my rocker that i wanted and then drew up the profile and cut it out. Sorry for the late reply hope this helps.
Nice work dude!
Thank you!
Good job
Thank you!!!
Pretty sick man!
Anthony Leone thanks dude!!!
A real fish board even smells fishy!
Haha so true
@@joshuadathsbc5765 btw, I used a hot-wire to roughly shape my board. Worked really really nice. Just make a steel wired bow with a branch, and attach a desktop power supply, 12V at 16A. I followed a wooden template both for the top and side cuts. Im currently laminating...
@@JANDEJOEP awesome! We tried to make a hot wire but but it just went red hot in the middle and melted haha I think we had the wrong guage wire
@@joshuadathsbc5765 hahahaha nice that you tried. I used 0.8mm wire. It measured around 1.0 Ohms for 1.5m length of wire. So would have got 12 Amps @ 12V (didnt measure), I found it cut somewhat on the slow side for figure cutting, but worked perfect for controlled cutting of the EPS board. I might suggest taking a wire just a bit thinner, or up the voltage.
@@JANDEJOEP good suggestions 👍
What glue did you use between the recycled poly?
Gorilla glue premium
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 good job
Thank you!!!
U can melt polystyrene with acetone to plastic, so theoretically it's possible to coat it that way ;)
tony beatbutcher yeah I've been thinking of making a set of fins with acetone melted polystyrene.
Joshua D'Ath SBC Cool. Must be simple. But to laminate it you 'll first need to put a protective layer. Otherwise it will bite the foam.
How much weight do you think the glue added? Thinking about trying this.
Good question, Im not too sure because I wasn't worried about that, but it is a pretty light board I would say
super yheaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yewwwww
So dope!! Where did you get the recycled polystrene??
Just gathered it up
@@joshuadathsbc5765 Where'd you gather it up from ? I live in Dunedin and want to try this... I'm thinking maybe lurk around fish market / supermarket around closing time... any pointers would be much appreciated! haha
@@suzukiton Im pretty sure the ones I used were seafood/fish boxes so see if there's any seafood or fish market places around your area and ask for any discarded polystyrene
@@joshuadathsbc5765 thanks bro will do!
Great work!!! I like the techniques used ! Hey did you shape any concave?
Does the board feel durable enough to surf often? Or more just for display?
Cheers!!
Hey, I didn't shape mine with any concave. The board is really durable (that was one of my concerns too) just make sure there is a stringer in there for strength and I went two layers of glass on the bottom and one on top. It is a great daily rider, it's awesome to surf. Definitely, give it a go!
Joshua D'Ath SBC how long did it take to complete
Tom McA About three weeks, but you could do it in a week if you were super keen and had time
Sick! I have a question.. how did you get the stringer in? did you cut the board in half and then glued it together with the stringer in between? Keep up the good work!
Jan-Willem Vink yeah I cut the blank in half and glued it in basically as you described 👍 I put tied downs around it to sandwich it together. Hope this helps you out.
Maneiro mano
Great job man! Just wondering how you got the dimensions for your stringer?
Jason Filla take a pencil, lay your friends favourite board on its side rail on top of a length of stringer plywood and draw around the board rocker and walla rocker is drawn onto plywood. then cut on the outside of the pencil line and glue stringer into foam blank. you can use white pva wood glue or gorilla glue tto glue it .
*voila (not walla). It's French.
dope!
Rad!!!!
Thanks
nice board dude, just wondering where did you get you fiberglassing stuff from and where did you get your polystyrene from? P.S yeeew from Auckland
Hey man! I got the polystyrene from a fish and chip shop, but you might find some at supermarkets and electronic stores (tv packaging and stuff) Or I guess you could buy some from Bunnings. I got the fiberglass and epoxy stuff from this website: www.fibreglassshop.co.nz and it came within a few days I think. Hope that helps. Yeewww
that will help allot, thanks!
No problem dude!
How did you add the fins? And what did you make them out of?
Brandon Simanski made them out of plywood and just fibre glassed them on
How did the foam not melt from the epoxy ???
Epoxy resin doesn't melt polystyrene...only polyester resin does that.
nice inspiring
Bello Works thanks!!!
YES
About how many boxes did you use?
Aaron Sharpe somewhere between 6 or 10 depending on how big you want it
Totally frothing when I saw ya work. Keep the stoke brah. Pay attention folks....in ten years time you might be buying your next plank of this guy!!!
Haha thanks brother!
How did you attach the leg rope
Marissa Grace inserted a leash plug
Joshua D'Ath SBC thanks I loves the video
Please, which glue did you use?
You can see it at 2:25 its Gorilla Glue premium. Its waterproof and doesn't dissolve the polystyrene. Hope this helps!
glue brown or white pva wood glue
Boggy but a board nonetheless. Nice job.
Jake Atherly haha thanks
uoooollll man
outsidersurfsk8 thanks!!
Could you let us know the dimensions? might be a project I take on soon, thanks
Sasha Blazanovic hi! I made mine 5'4" x 21.5" x 3" hopefully your project is fun!
Appreciate it! and yeah can't wait to start
hi ya its cool
Gina Alther thank you!!
Hi! I'm Gina and I did not make that comment. Surely it was my 12 yr old! 😆 He is right though, it is cool! Thank you for making a positive impression on him with your awesome, eco-friendly creation!
Gina Alther haha thanks a lot! I'm glad you both enjoyed it 👍
you may save on foam but you spend more than double on epoxy resin than polyester resin . if you use polyester resin on that cheap shit foam your ma will have to call the fire department.
Incorrect. The same ounces used to laminate a PU is the same as to an EPS. You are using ounces/liquid to cover an area. Hence it's the same. You may want to find information to back up your comment. And if you're going to write that Epoxy resin is spent more for EPS, it may be that you think EPS foam sucks more resin, yes it does, if it wasn't sealed. But it has to be sealed first with light spackle. You can also seal it with epoxy and microballon and it takes less than 5 oz. On each side to seal it.
Yeah I experimented with all that
Get a used electric carving knife dude, don't waste all that work with a hand rip saw! CRINGE! under 5 bucks at a thrift store. you're welcome
Haha thanks for the tip. 👍