Bad Idea for Bonding

[GBX2006 0]

I recently broke my Easton SE on the blade and decided to cut it and put a wood xxx-lite blade in the shaft. I thought I could make it look like a one piece again by using some Bondo I bought from Home Depot and then spray painting the bottom of the shaft and blade black. The end result was great, the stick looked like it had never been broken and the Bondo was light enough that it didn't add any significant weight to the stick. I took it out to play last night and it took about 5 shots before a giant chunk came flying off, and about two or three chops before the rest was scattered all over the ice.

many man hours out the window

[odp 0]

What was the "giant chunk" that came off? Bondo? Shaft? Blade?

[jeffw 1]

Pimp my stick. B)

Yeah, unfortunately body filler isn't flexible.

[BK 0]

I had some idiot during an ice time a few months ago that did the same thing. He added some kind of hardening sealant to his wood blade because it was getting flimsy. He didn't notice that his stick was chipping until a few of us were running over his chips and eating it into the boards.

[GBX2006 0]

the chunk was a piece of Bondo

[A2rhino 78]

Sorry for your luck but at least you tried something different. Mistakes are how we learn what dosent work. I cant tell you how many different things I experimented with to get the perfect grip coating for my stick before I found what worked best for me.

[fatwabbit 93]

Bondo...is that the same as epoxy?

I've tried and experimented many times in the past on prolonging the life of my wood blades. I used to play exclusively outdoors (no indoor facilities in Singapore), and the ground basically chewed my wood blades up in 4 weeks. It doesnt seem significant, but when you cant get the curve you want as the LHS doesnt have that many in stock, then it becomes an issue.

I've found the best way to prolong the life of the woodies was to use epoxy on the edge of the blade. First few times it was messy, but once I got it right (and many different trial materials later), I was able to prolong the individual blade up to 6 months, and sometimes even longer. I dont use this method anymore as I've now changed to composite blades and play only indoors.

Epoxy works really well with woodies, but doesnt adhere to composites as well as the wood blades.

[oilers4ever 0]

i would just use hockey tape on the blade to hold it in tighter