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This delam repair didn’t quite go as I wanted but that’s why I tried it on an old beater pair of skis. So my theory was that epoxy always seems to be a temporary fix and never really holds ski sidewalls together. So I thought about how I could screw or bolt the skis together… so this is what I came up with.
First I drilled a hole through the ski at the worst part of the delam
Then I screwed in a #4-40 machine screw in the hole with a matching bolt on the top sheet. As you can see I mangled the fuck out of the screw head. Definitely need higher quality screws next time and to be more careful.
Once I got the nut tightened down, I grinded down the screw head to be a little bellow flush with the base.
I then clamped the rest of the delamed part of the ski together and let the epoxy cure.
I first tried a p-Tex candle over the grinded down screw head but obviously that ripped right off. So I then epoxyed over the screw head and that seems to hold onto the base.
I then went out and hit some urban and smashed my skis on concrete and rocks and the sidewall held great
What do you guys think, was I high as hell when I thought of this (I was) or could this be a legit delam repair method if improved upon?
