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a much-used Saxo comes in
with softness in the "active" area there is a
weeping crack beneath the forward heels |
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remove padz; inject Marine
Urethane to glue the original core together as much as possible, and hold
the shape |
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after the injected foam has
set, grind away the fractured material to reveal a double-whammy: a
well-intentioned but misguided patch of veneer set into Carbon, forming a
stress-riser; and a "hinge" between that veneer patch and much glass
reinforcement at the forward end of those aft foot strap inserts |
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grind away that veneer
patch, reveal totally fractured sheet foam beneath |
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a bit further in: whatever
could those white spots of filler on the left have been intended to do?? |
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beneath the inner glass and
sheet foam, the EPS foam, fractured, with brown striations, from having been
exposed to water for a looong time. Why brown
you ask? during manufacture, the sheet foam is temporarily affixed to the
EPS with staples. Prolonged leakage will cause rusting of these staples
this being a warm summer, I set it into a breezy spot
to dry - it shed approx 5oz of moisture |
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new inner glass and Herex
vacuum-bagged |
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new sheet foam feathered out
and faired |
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4oz glass applied, the
3.75oz Carbon cloth with get squeegeed into that |
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cured, feathered out |
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Epoxy fairing compound
applied, most of it sanded off again |
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Epoxy primer |
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LP color coat |
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heel bumpers reapplied |
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padz re-installed, non-skid
touched up with DekDust in UV-resistant Epoxy |
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Weight before surgery: 17.48#; thereafter 17.10# |
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Return to assorted repairs |
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