Once you’re happy with the design and you’ve left it to dry for a few hours, you’ll want to secure your new paint job so it doesn’t peel off in the waves with a final clear coating.

If you want to be super sure, you can take your board to a surf shaper and ask for them to spray it for you. However, you can just do it yourself at home.

Many sprays and paints don’t work well together if they’re different brands, so make sure you match the brand of your paint to the brand of your clear coating spray.

Leave the board to dry for a few hours again and leave it for at least two hours before getting it wet.

And you’re done! Get that new board and go for a celebration surf – you’ve earned it.