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Fiberglass Hawaii
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Fiberglass Hawaii has been providing composite materials since 1966. We provide surfboard blanks and building materials, marine composite materials and hobby materials in Hawaii and California. We also ship our high quality products all over the world. This channel is dedicated to highlighting new products, materials and our customers. Please enjoy the videos and if you have a suggestion for any videos please feel free to send them to us. Check out our selection of tools, materials, safety equipment and blanks at shop.fiberglasshawaii.com.
Finish Shaping Pad
The Fiberglass Hawaii Finish Shaping Pad is essential to any professional or aspiring shaper. This tool is most commonly used with full sheets of sand screen to achieve a smooth finish on various foam surfaces. This is a finishing tool so it is used after the more aggressive shaping tools have cut and shaped the blank. When used correctly, the finish shaping pad will clean up scratches and smooth out the surface in order to prepare the surface for glassing. Choose your grit, place it on the foam, place the flat side of the pad face-down and apply moderate pressure using your hand. For best results scrub nose to tail and use long, fluid motions opposed to short, choppy motions which will cause unwanted high and low spots. Watch the video for more info.
Don’t forget about the other Fiberglass Hawaii shaping tools that make shaping more accurate and fun, without breaking the bank. Check them out below and remember to tag us in your project posts using #fiberglasshawaii so we can see how you are using our products in your projects.
Don’t forget about the other Fiberglass Hawaii shaping tools that make shaping more accurate and fun, without breaking the bank. Check them out below and remember to tag us in your project posts using #fiberglasshawaii so we can see how you are using our products in your projects.
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Tinted Sparkle Inlay with Jack Reeves
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Laminating a Dick Brewer surfboard with a custom tinted sparkle inlay using all Fiberglass Hawaii products and materials. Jack is truly the master and has his own style that has made him one of the most sought after high end glassers on the globe.
Resin Tint Glassing with Jack Reeves
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Glassing a Dick Brewer surfboard with a custom amber color tint using all Fiberglass Hawaii products and materials. Jack is truly the master and has his own style that has made him one of the most sought after high end glassers on the globe.
Clear Lamination with Jack Reeves
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In this video we watch as master glasser Jack Reeves does a clear lamination on a Dick Brewer surfboard. With 50 years experience glassing we're pretty sure you'll pick up a trick or two.
Glassing Profile: Jack Reeves
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Surfboard shapers sign their name to a finished board as a sign of pride. Pride for their high level of quality and pride in their final creation. The shaper gets all the glory. Ask a surfer who their favorite shaper is and they’ll probably rattle off a few names. Ask a surfer who their favorite glasser is and you’ll probably hear crickets. Jack Reeves is one of a few, or maybe the only surfboa...
New 2015 Pro Shaper's Square
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The Fiberglass Hawaii Pro Shaper’s Square is brand new for 2015! Now the square contains both Imperial and Metric measuring options. We added both of these measuring options to the fin marking tool as well. We’ve also added additional 1/8” measuring increments so now your shape will be even more dialed in than before. There is also an area where you can mark down your magic measurements, or a c...
Paua Shell Lam Sheets
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Paua shells are a great way to customize your projects and add a little “wow factor” so they stand out in the crowd. Made of high-quality abalone and oyster shells, these thin sheets offer holographic and light reflective qualities suitable for various project applications. Fiberglass Hawaii offers over 70 options with a wide range of colors and patterns, thicknesses and finishes so you’re sure...
Futures Fin Box Repair Using Aluzine Epoxy Resin
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This week we are going to repair a Futures fin box using our Aluzine 2:1 surfboard epoxy resin. Due to the design of the Futures fin box, it’s pretty rare to have a box blow out completely. More often than not the damaged box remains in the board. This could be good or bad depending on the severity of the damage. If it’s really bad then you’ll have to either remove the box from the board or slo...
How to Sand a Surfboard the Professional Way
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A proper sand job is essential to the ride, feel and aesthetic of a surfboard. There are a ton of ways to sand a board and just as many finishes which really gives each brand or glass shop their own personal stamp. With so many ways to sand a board it’s still very easy to spot an amateur sand job because the only way to get good at sanding is to sand hundreds, even thousands of surfboards. It’s...
Add a Curve to an Angle
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Just because you’ve been doing something for a long time doesn’t mean you’re doing it the best way. You CAN teach an old dog new tricks as long as you’re willing to learn. We always enjoy conversing with our customers and trading tech tips. Working with composites is equal parts science and art. When fabricating custom parts it’s really difficult to fiberglass hard angles with tight corners. Th...
Plastic Graduated Resin Mixing Buckets
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The Fiberglass Hawaii plastic mixing buckets are designed to make mixing easy, accurate and fast. With nine different graduated measurements clearly labeled, you can pour the right amount of material every time which will save you money. These buckets are also made out of plastic which allows them to be used over and over again. Whether you’re mixing epoxy, polyester or fillers, you can always ...
Tricks to Making a Surfboard Template
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Shaping your own surfboard is easy...said no one ever! It’s true, that with practice you can refine your shaping skills but there is always room for improvement and progression. In the 48 years that Fiberglass Hawaii has been doing business we’ve been asked the question, “How do I make a surfboard template?” about one million times, give or take a few. Hand shapers have been known to spend seve...
UV Cure Ding Repair Kit with Catalyst
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Ever had a surf session end early because of ding? Maybe you finally made it to your surf destination and when you pull your board out you notice a big crack in the rail? One of these scenarios is bound to happen to every surfer sooner or later. You can risk it, fill the ding with surf wax and surf anyways but then you'll have to face that waxy mess when you do try to fix it. Not to mention the...
Kai Wa'a Builds On Passion
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Maui is one of the best places to live if you're a water sports enthusiast. With heavy trade winds and open ocean swells it's a paddler's paradise. Kai Bartlett is one of many who enjoy paddling one man canoes on the island of Maui. He is also the man behind Kai Wa'a Hawaiian Ocean Canoes and a longtime friend and customer of Fiberglass Hawaii. Canoe paddling is such a unique sport because of h...
Pro Shaper Profile: Ben Aipa Part 2
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Saturday evening's Surf Heritage Museum tribute to Ben Aipa was an event not to miss. Where else would you find a combined 400 years of shaping experience, legends of the industry, historic boards on display and a chance to hear the legend Ben Aipa speak and be honored by his peers? The night was a mix of story-telling, video presentations, questions and answers and informal "talk-story" time. ...
Making Better Equipment: Kazuma Surfboards
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Making Better Equipment: Kazuma Surfboards
Turn Your Old Surfboard Into a New Surfboard
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Turn Your Old Surfboard Into a New Surfboard
Robert's Surfboards: Quality and Integrity
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Robert's Surfboards: Quality and Integrity
Dick Brewer Balsa Surfboard Lamination
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Dick Brewer Balsa Surfboard Lamination
Take a look at Fiberglass Hawaii in Ventura
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Take a look at Fiberglass Hawaii in Ventura
Vacuum Bag Surfboard Delamination Repair Part 2
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Vacuum Bag Surfboard Delamination Repair Part 2
Vacuum Bag Surfboard Delamination Repair
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Vacuum Bag Surfboard Delamination Repair
Mold Making With UV Resin and Release Agents
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Mold Making With UV Resin and Release Agents
Fiberglass Hawaii Honolulu Shop Tour
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Fiberglass Hawaii Honolulu Shop Tour
A good sander is as important as a good shaper because the he/she does the last bit of the 'shaping' . Unsung heroes of surfboard production .
Shaping is so much more difficult than I ever expected. With no guidance or mentor it takes alot of boards before you start to feel even remotely familiar- and thats just one style/shape
When you’re laminating with the fiber glass, how do you estimate the coat thickness? Thanks
I got to know Joe Kuala who worked out of that Ala Moana shop.... Hope Jack saw him before he passed on First 360 off that board many years ago.. that Joe glassed and shaped. Great work Jack
Jack needs to run a masters class
Will this same method work for original fcs x2 plugs?
This man was very very special to the surf world especially Hawaiian surf culture. RIP Ben Aipa I feel like it was a honor to grow up being younger seeing you come around every so often at Hookipa beach park. You really deserve so much respect for what you did for surfing. I will forever have upmost respect for the Aipa name.
There are brackets that go from housing of Surform to the blade. You did not show where those go. That is the only reason I watched this and it was not shown.
Maui Ripper Ole is Da-man!
Mahalo to Ted Wilson as well! Thanks for all the glassing supplies & support. Aloha 🌅🌊🤙🏽
Genuine Craftsmanship & humble, giving, nice guy, surfer. 100% Mahalo JR for sharing your aloha.🌅🌊🤙🏽
What a legend, the styling is 2nd to none in that lamination 🙌🤙🔵⚪️🔵⚪️🚜
Rest eazy uncle Ben
300$ in product pater.
send to Brazil ?
Bob--worried about you and all there. Pray you are OK. Contact me if you need help. Bob Little 949-232-5020
I miss you Ben. Thank you for being my friend and making my board. I will never part with it. May God always be with you my man. Aloha oe'
De que material es el logo de tu marca? Es de papel?
Hey what polish do you use? thanks :)
Two names I would love to have penciled on one of my boards .
Tried it and it looks like someone smeared turds on my board. I call it punk rock board.
You didn’t explain it very well. Kill the music!
Can you tell me where I can buy the surfboard polish and the glue that you use for the sanding pads. Also, what polishing pad do you use?
One of my favorite board was a 7' 2' little gun. back in 1969
wow!
Nice scissors
Qual o no.e dessa peoduto resi a. A marca
I really miss the great shaper Mike Eaton! The bonzer! Thank you Mike and Ace!
That Versa Plane 653 planer that he is using is a well kept secret. Its an excellent alternative to the Skil planer. In the 90's before Ebay when I couldnt find a Skil planer, I found the 653. Its awesome.
Can I get in india
43 years ago Ben Aipa made me a custom 8 foot x 22 inch wide nose rider when I moved to Hawaii to learn how to surf ... its a beautiful white board with a concaved yellow section under the nose and 2 yellow channels near the tail .. and a light blue movable fin ! I loved surfing on it and I still have it today !
Rame, sound check please
His face changed when he said he has friends under the ground. 🥲
This is a sick video
Thank you! only too professional for me
One Pono Brother! Aloha Otis!
Thanks Mate, great tutorial, appreciate the effort you’ve gone to to produce this. Cheers
Great video. Short and to the point.
4:30 When you wrap the Fiberglass cloth around the rails and tuck it underneath the board, does Gravity want to pull the cloth downwards or is the resin sufficient to hold the cloth to the bottom of the board?
holds it place easy :)
Can you use vacuum bagging to pull out water out of a board before fixing a ding?
Where would one find "surfboard polish" .
is this applied to sanded finished? does the pin line need sanding/hotcoat?
Excellent video man! Helped me a lot with my ding repair! Giving my repair guy a break and trying to teach myself haha
Any idea where can i buy a future sup handle from, trying to get one in the UK but no joy 😕
Looks good 👍
The guy is a craftsman.
At 7:52... I believe it!! I know from personal experience, it's very easy to get air bubbles on the rail or on the lap underneath. I tend to only see them AFTER the resin has dried. Also the cloth can bunch up on the lap too. Swallow tails and wings are especially challenging - you should do a video on laminating those.
Avoid laminating when the temperature goes up. Or do it in a room where temperature is steady.
600 grit...is very fine??
Is that a 1990's era Jazz cup you're using to hold the resin? Practically an antique.
It’s interesting that Jack uses gardening shears instead of scissors to cut the cloth. Anyone know why?