I just picked up my first non-homemade board in six years (its a Pearson Arrow CJ Nelson). I just stripped the wax I noticed that there was a small bubble/delam under logo lam. I think it happened because of the type lam they use (seems to be very thick). I could probably keep it the way it is, but I would like to fix it. What do you think would be the best way to fix it without cutting up the logo too much? Here’s a picture:
I can't tell much from the pic. If it's a small delam use a razor to cut it off. Sand around the edges and the cut out. Use a double piece of 4 oz. to repair it. Make one piece just slightly large enough to cover the repair. Make the second piece slightly larger. The larger pice will give you a little extra for sanding. Fiberglass, lam resin, hotcoat and sand. Most lams are between layers of six and four ounce. So you should still have a layer of cloth underneath. Prep it carefulyl and you won't damage the lam/logo.
Thanks - the problem is that the lam is white and if I sand it off I’ll ruin the logo, but I think your approach will still work. Maybe I should trim it off and then epoxy it back on. After the epoxy is cured I’ll glass it with poly the way your recommended.
Howzit Dan, Just drill a small hole at the end of the delam and another opposite it and inject resin or epoxy then put a piece of wax paper over the area and a ziploc with some sand on top of the wax paper to flatten the delam. Then sand and put a 4oz fiberglass patch over the whole thing and sand off the eges and wax it and ride. Should take you all of a couple of hrs or maybe less. Aloha, Kokua
Thank you very much for the drill a hole advice. I thought I had heard of the drill a hole approach. Unfortunately, I already cut out the lam. I just going to try and match the inner patch color as close a possible to the off white logo color.