Foam Paddle Board Diy

Excessive sun exposure will have a foam paddle board beginning to peel and after each time in use small foam bits will start to rub off the deck of the board and corners.

Foam paddle board diy.

Foam paddle boards do not handle sun exposure well and that s putting it nicely. Firstly you have to make a template for your paddleboard. Diy foam paddle board july 20 2018 in madeatmidas courses manufacturing news by admin. It will dent and it can be scratched.

We are near mid summer and the weather has been nothing short of glorious. You can check various surfboard plans on the internet if you need help with the sizing but in general paddleboards are slightly wider than surfs being around 25 26 inches. At a surfboard makers supply store i bought a 228 sup blank a 10 foot 4 inch rectangular slab of expanded polystyrene eps foam with a strip of basswood known as the stringer running through. I took a little time tracing and retracing the profile i wanted onto the plywood and used the cut offs from that to transfer the profile onto the foam since the sup will be 4 thick i wanted to make it only 24 wide.

Lay out the paddle board shape. Polystyrene foam shaped into a 10ft sup board by kevin mulholland kean industrial design student. Deck vent for stand up paddle boards hollow wood surfboards and eps foam surfboards. A diy stand up paddle board can use wood rubber foam or epoxy or a combination of any of those.

It is made entirely of foam or foam based material except for wood stringers a few plastic parts and on some versions a traction pad also made from foam of course. And with all of this sublime weather no doubt everyone has been enjoying their local waterhole river or lake with their favourite watercraft. When these pieces fall off the board the board is more susceptible to taking in water and. While store bought paddle boards come in either epoxy or inflatable rubber materials you have options when taking the homemade route.

Stage 1 creating a template. What you need to craft a diy stand up paddle board.