Pro Tips and Techniques for Making Your Own Fins!

Pro tips and techniques included in this “how to make your own fins”instructional video make it easy to foil your own surfboard fins for a fraction of the cost of a bought set! Revive an old board or try that shape or size that you have been thinking about. Use pigments to colour you fins to match a magic board or go nuts with coloured designs.

26 layers of 6oz glass will give you roughly the correct thickness to make fins that fit into FCS and Futures fin boxes.

Warning* Cut and foil your fins outside away from EVERYTHING! Think about your neighbours and the wind direction too! Fibreglass dust will make you insanely itchy and poses serious health risks if taken into the lungs. WEAR A RESPIRATOR, GOGGLES AND COVER YOUR SKIN!

Materials list:
6oz fibreglass cloth x 26 layers @ 12”x12”
Polyester laminating resin, 650g
MEKP (methyl ethyl ketone peroxide) polyester resin catalyst
A syringe, dropper or measuring cup for the MEKP
Any colour polyester resin pigment or tint
Styrene Monomer
Wax in Styrene mix
Acetone

Tools list:
Scissors
Resin roller
Squeegee
1 x pane of glass larger than 12”x12”
1 x large mixing tub
5 x disposable cups
Stirring sticks
A brush
A metal scraper of some variety
An angle grinder equipped with hard pad and 60p abrasive disk
Optional disk/belt sander
A jigsaw equipped with ceramic blade
Fin templates or fins to trace
A marker to trace with
A ruler
A Dremel tool can help to shape the correct tabs for your fin system
A vice or clamping system of some kind
An orbital sander and some 120p, 240p, 320p, etc to finish them smooth
Respirator, gloves, disposable overalls, ear protection

Hit me up in the comments wit any questions!

Resin stinks, fibreglass dust is bad for you and power tools are dangerous. Look after yourself. Wear suitable PPE and use common sense.