Glue

The endurance of a skateboard depends besides the quality of the veneer also on the quality and type of the glue. I'm using PVA-B3 - "PVA" stands for PolyVinylAcetate (it means that this is the mostly used glue in wood-working industries :D it's pretty cheap also) and the B3 stands for the level of the humidity endurance.

To enhance the durability of the glue the big skateboard manufacturing industries are using some kind of an adhesive (it makes the glue stronger) of which I have no valuable and trustworthy information. Sorry, I really am.

The PVA is a thermoplast - it means that the glue melts up again at certain level of heat - so be careful with Your board and where You leave it. Minus degrees are also harmful because the glue (also the wood itself) becomes brittle and the board may crack easily.

The process of glueing:
Before You start the glueing process You have to choose 2 the most decent layers (top and bottom layer) – when you do that, then the final result is also better. If You start glueing better hurry up because the glue dries on the first layers at the same time when You're glueing the last layers. ;) To appose the glue I use a paint roller.

Assembling of the layers:
At first 2 layers (cutted along the fiber), then 1 layer (crossways), then 1 layer (cutted along the fiber), then 1 layer (crossways) and then the last 2 layers cutted along the fiber of the veneer.

The PVA needs no heating. Most of my acquaintances believed that skateboards were made of heated and bent plywood and they thought that a heating process is necessary. When I told them about the real process of skateboard manufacturing they were surprised how simple it actually was.