I knew right away that I wanted to do a leash loop on this board. With that said I have never seen one done and had actually only seen one on a board in person once. Luckily, Murphy clued us in as to what to do. But mostly we winged it. It came out really cool though.
Step one. Not pictured. Go to the drive through at Burger King and order something that comes with a straw. Places that sell milk shakes have the best straws as they are huge. Cut the straw to fit the width of the section you are spanning. I cut the sides at an angle which worked well for me.
Sand with a little 100 grit.
Take your fin rope and put in through the straw and cut to size. You need enough out the sides so that you can fan it out like a bow tie and attach to the deck.
The trick to this is that the straw is there to hold shape and resin. To get this to work you saturate the fin rope by holding on to one side and sliding the rope to the one end of the straw, wetting with sanding resin and then sliding back through the straw. Repeat until the rope is saturated. Next, fan the rope strands out like a bow tie and press to the deck.
After the resin is set, use a grinder, sandpaper and a razor blade to remove the straw and grind down any excess. We ended up with a bubble so we added a bit more resin and then grinded.
Sand...
Sand some more...
Don't forget to get under the bridge...
Wala. Leash loop!
All and all, easy and fun. Try it on your next board.
Yet again Kipp was a huge help and my resin guru. Many thanks for helping AGAIN!
