Explosiv tip delam/seperation

[good4nothing]

Not sure when it happened, but i noticed today that the lower metal layer adhered to the base is seperating from the rest of the ski for the first 2 cm or so at the tip. It's not really a delam since the bases are still stuck to the metal sheet, but with the construction i imagine this might be a common problem, so i figure someone has dealt with it before. im thinking epoxy followed by 3 rivets (make it match me PE's) but i'm not sure yet.

and no, i didnt run a search first, so JONG away if this has been addressed previously.

any help would be appreciated.

[flip]

Are they the wizards? This was somewhat common on those. Your plan of epoxy plus rivets is the best way to solve it, assuming they're not under warranty.

[good4nothing]

Are they the wizards? This was somewhat common on those. Your plan of epoxy plus rivets is the best way to solve it, assuming they're not under warranty.

yea, wizards.

I epoxied and went with 2 t-nuts. I definitly think this will work, I might just do the other one too before it does the same..

I'm sure they're way past warrany, and even if they werent I would rather keep the wizards then replace them with a mantra.

we'll see how this turns out.

[alpinepronghorn]

Same thing happened to me while dealing with a bent tip:

http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=38902

JB weld, clamp, good as new.

[mntlion]

jb weld or epoxy, I wouldn't bother with tnuts, overkill

[El Chupacabra]

jb weld or epoxy, I wouldn't bother with tnuts, overkill

X2 on the epoxy, and clamp overnight, warm temps. To get the epoxy to flow into the void, heat it when "wet" with a hairdryer (thanks for this tip, Splat). Use 24-hour epoxy. Use blue painter's tape to keep the epoxy where you want it, and put a bit of tape on the contact points of the clamp so you don't end up epoxying the clamp to the ski.

I had a tip start to delam on my wife's 173cm purple buddha Explosivs, and used this method to stop it from spreading. So far so good.