Blank seperated from stringer

General Discussion
1

I was shaping a 7-10 speed egg from an 8-1 blank, and had the outline cut, foil shaped and bottom cleaned up. I was cleaning up the stringer on the deck, getting ready to shape the rails when I noticed it. The blank had seperated from the stringer along a 12" stretch starting about 18" from the nose. It’s only seperated on one side of the stringer and looks as if the blank was never glued to the stringer in this area; that is it’s clean with no rips or tears. Its only noticeable when there’s some pressure on it, and then it deflects about 1/16" I’ve used this manufacturer’s blanks for a couple of years and have never had this problem. Is there any way to fix this problem, or should I just bail the project, get a replacement, yadda, yadda?

 

2

If you havent shaped the rails then reglue with Loctite Sumo glue, clamp and clean. it really takes about an hour and you are good to go. Better than dumping another $60.

3

I run some masking tape on either side of the stringer to protect the foam and while pulling the foam away from the stringer, put some glue in there.  5 minute epoxy works OK.  You can even mix a little pigment to match if the original glue was colored.  Masking tape works fine as a clamp until it cures.