I was laminating the deck of the board and after I sun cured it and I was done I noticed a huge air bubble under my laminate. is there any way I can fix this? please understand that when I say huge I mean huge
thanks,
Adam
Cut away as much as you can and laminate in a patch, do a light sand coat and sand smooth before you move on to the next step
Just cut it open insert some (read; lots) of resin put a garbage bag over it and throw some heavy stuff on it.
Edit: The plastic bag peels off like nothing once it’s cured, that’s why I said to use it.
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Just cut it open insert some (read; lots) of resin put a garbage bag over it and throw some heavy stuff on it.
When fully cured, use the garbage bag to bring the whole board to the garbage can…
Balsa, am I misguided. That’s what I’ve done for any air bubbles I’ve encountered.
I was wondering if I could drill a little hole and use a syringe to fill it…would that not work?
adam burnsie advice is right on!
the problem is that the bubble is right under my logo laminate. that’s why I was asking if I cut a little hole and then filled with a syringe. I’ve never had a large bubble like this in such a difficult spot.
Im sorry but how do you not notice such a thing when making a board?
you feel it and you see it…I saw it too late!
Sorry, Freshwatersurf, it was late yesterday night and I misread your post: I thought you meant to just replace the unwetted fiberglass cloth with a lot of resin. My mistake. Your method can work, although I believe that Burnsie’s is the easiest and most effective.
I know my bubble is not a big deal but I was thinking today of reason it was such a big bubble and how I missed it. do you think it has anything to do with the fact that I was using sun cure resin and I have a logo that is black that sun can’t get through? like I said befor the problem area in under my laminate.
please someone tell me if making a small hole and filling the bubble with resin will work
Hey adam cut out the the logo area. repair the area the you can always reglass another logo with a piece of 4 oz cloth over it. hotcoat and sand the logo-josh
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do you think it has anything to do with the fact that I was using sun cure resin and I have a logo that is black that sun can’t get through?
It has everything to do with the UV cure, the UV can’t get under your decal, so that resin didn’t kick.
A small amount of MEKP is usually added to UV resin so under the decal kicks, too.
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Quote:do you think it has anything to do with the fact that I was using sun cure resin and I have a logo that is black that sun can’t get through?
It has everything to do with the UV cure, the UV can’t get under your decal, so that resin didn’t kick.
A small amount of MEKP is usually added to UV resin so under the decal kicks, too.
Ditto…Steve and I have this issue when suncure first came out in our shop/factory
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Quote:Quote:do you think it has anything to do with the fact that I was using sun cure resin and I have a logo that is black that sun can’t get through?
It has everything to do with the UV cure, the UV can’t get under your decal, so that resin didn’t kick.
A small amount of MEKP is usually added to UV resin so under the decal kicks, too.
Ditto…Steve and I have this issue when suncure first came out in our shop/factory
this is good to know because I’ve got two other boards I’ve got to finish for a shop and I don’t want to mess up the whole batch and have nothing to give them on their first order…maybe it’s time for me to move on from the sun cure
UV cure is better in many ways, you just have to allow for your laminate decals. One of the hand-lam gurus should come in here
and tell you all the ways to accomplish this, me and solo are just tryin’ to help until they get here.
But your thread title doesn’t tell anyone what the problem is, so they may not notice…
No need to give up on suncure resin–you can squeegee the logo paper directly onto the blank with a small amount of catalyzed resin before you lay out the cloth, or you can put the logo on after the lamination, again with a small amount of catalyzed resin.
I work in a shop that usses uv cure resin and we always put a half a percent of mekp into the resin. I think it kicks better and makes the glass harder.
how much time does that give you?