So i started making decks and i've been wanting to make a metal bottom. anyone know how? like what glue to use, and what type of metal? is there a certain way to cut it out?

aluminum sheets that are 1/64"-1/42" work the best...an aluminum can works pretty good. And as far as glue goes, I have found that for metal bottoms, gorilla glue or a 2 part epoxy works the best.

gorrila glue is teh best glue ever

i say go with epoxy, it dosnt foam up like gorilla glue, and a soda/beer can is the best for the bottom

but the cool thing about gorilla glue expanding like it does, it will create more pressure in the mold, and it will fill in every little space

but epoxy is a harder adhesive....both work tho

You can go to a hardware store and ask for "metal shingles" which are very cheap but work well.
For glue use regular gorilla glue I suggest wearing latex gloves when spreading this and also putting a piece of wax paper between the deck being molded and the mold itself.
When cutting out a metal bottem ply deck you are going to need to use a belt/disk sander for best quality. Go VERY slow so that sparks do not fly everywhere.
If you would like to have a shiny bottem ply, at walmart there is 220 grit sandpaper which is really fine, sand the heck out of the bottom and using a strong matte/laqure do 5-7 thin coats.
Also if you would like to know where to buy laqure, if you have a hobby shop in your town you should ask them, at wal-mart they have acrylic sealer matte, I would suggest this for new fingerboard makers as it is cheap and dries quickly.

i use polyurethane laquer...its supa shiny....i get it at ace, but its expensive

Aaron Pounds wrote:

but its expensive

There are many less expensive laqures.

ya...but this is strong and shiny, its worth the extra money

Just use the can from a canned drink

im not telling my glue it is teh secretist

TaylorT wrote:

im not telling my glue it is teh secretist

let me guess taylor??? man made glue/milk?

Lol

the new emanent mirror metals look sick! im gonna hang out with drake in two weekss so that should be fun.

^cool man! is it a meetup with alot of people?

how was hawaii?

its a event sponsored by BRR called "iFingerboard"

lol mike schneiders going to be there, so that should be fun to meet him.

its was amazing, i feel so sick right no though, our flight was at 9 last night got back at 4 in the morning, had to take another flight at 6 and got back to our house finally at 8. i was up all night. it sucked so bad

i love flying


film alot at ifb! like film everything

lol ill bring my cam and see what i can do... i need a better fish eye though...

borrow mikes lol

yeah im sure he will just let me use his cam

nice hopefullythere will be big events in the future in the uk

im sure he will....and yea....that would be good if the uk had more fb stuff

ablair wrote:

yeah im sure he will just let me use his cam

$4000 cam with a $2000 fisheye. i dont think so