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.
dude…seriously?
Re aply wax and go surfing. Forget about trying to fix it, it,s a surfboard , not a work of art !!!!!
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.