bumpy laminate

hey everyone,

so far the best advice ive found has been on swaylocks (you guys rock!)

so heres my problem… i started glassing my board and it was a little too hot in my garage and my resin gelled wayyyyy to fast… it dried all lumpy in some areas that didnt get completely get wet out… is it ok to sand that down befor my next coat? or should i not because i might tear the fiberglass? thanks everyone,i really appreciate all your help so far

-Lorraine

Howzit sweetladysurf, By all means work on the bad spots now and if you need to do any repairs you want to catch them now, That way they won’t come back to haunt you later. I had a board that was only lammed fall off the rack once and by fixing the massive damage right then the only thing that showed was the Q-sel. Lucky for me it was a board for a room mate so I just knocked down the price and he was stoked because how it rode was the important issue and it rode great.Aloha,Kokua

Hmm. There are 2 or 3 ways to skin that cat. But no ways that the cat will like. j/k. I’m guessing that you used lam resin. If the dry spots are somewhat exposed, you can go ahead and hotcoat it and the hotcoat may help to wet-out some of the dry spots. If they are completely covered by some of those lumps, go ahead and hotcoat it so you can sand the lumps down, then maybe you can try making some small holes and injecting resin into the dry spots. You can always use a dremel tool or a razor blade and cut the worst of the lam off and use filler to repair the foam and lay another area of cloth over it and re-lam it.

Hope that helps.

Howzit ozzy, Actually it better to sand the lumps before the hot coat since he might have to put some glass over them if he sands through. If he waits til after the hot coat and sands through the glass then he has to take 2 steps back. Always fix any problems at the stage they happened. Aloha,Kokua

I said there is more than one way. But how many sanding disks will be gummed up trying to sanding that much lam resin where all the lumps are that she described. I though it went without saying that any sand throughs or cut outs need to be feathered back on the good side so you don’t try to lay glass over foam and a hard edge where the cut is. I would hot coat it so it will sand right. Especially with that much sanding. What steps do you suggest she try instead? I’m sure the more ways she hears the better of a decision she can make to try and fix her problem.

SweetBoardLady: A pic of it would really help us to suggest something specific.

(Of course if you have any dry spots out in the open you can just mix up more lam resin and wet it out.)

Howzit ozzy, The trick to get rid of the cut edge is to use a razor blade to scrape the edge down to blend with the original glass. I do this on repairs also since when you sand the glass edge after a hot coat if it’s not down it will expose the glass and then you’ll have to rehot coat and resand to cover the exposed glass so it won’t wick water.Aloha,Kokua