| Title: | SAILING |
| Notice: | Please read Note 2.* before participating in this conference |
| Moderator: | UNIFIX::BERENS |
| Created: | Wed Jul 01 1992 |
| Last Modified: | Mon Jun 02 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 2299 |
| Total number of notes: | 20724 |
My boat has osmosis.
I discovered it yesterday.The waterline looks real bad.I have not checked
the underwater part yet.
I have some questions:
Anybody out there with practical experience ?
Does it make a difference if I let it repair now during the season
or wait for winter ? Does it get worse during one summer ?
How long does it take to dry ? (the books say a few weeks)
Any practical experience with Gelshield from International ?
Just wondering, why I have not seen the blistering earlier.
I'm just back from holiday in the mediteranien sea.Mayby the change from
sweet to salt to sweet water has started it so fast.I'm shure, 5 weeks ago
everything was still fine.
Peter
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 897.1 | see note 664 | CSSE32::BLAISDELL | Mon Jul 11 1988 15:06 | 10 | |
Unfortunately, I do have practical experience with blisters. I suggest you look at note 664, although I don't recall anyone commenting on Gelshield. Blistering is often worst along the waterline, but I would check lower down. If it's bad, I would opt for pulling the boat and fixing asap, even if it meant losing the rest of the season. More bad news is that drying and repairing is not practical during hot, humid summer weather. - Bob | |||||
| 897.2 | repaired | HAEXLI::PMAIER | Wed Jan 25 1989 08:18 | 15 | |
Its repaired now.
First the hull got sandblastet.This removed the antifouling and the
primer and some of the gelcoat.Then the gelcoat was removed completely
by hand with a sander.
Then they let the boat dry in the open for approx. 2 mounth.Then the
boat was moved for 1 week inside the yard to warm up.Then 1 application
of Gelshield.Gelshield is an epoxie which cures with low temperatures.
Then 2 applications of epoxiefiller to replace the gelcoat.Then two
applications of Gelshield,primer and last the antifouling. Cost: 8%
of new boat all including. (unstepping/stepping of mast etc..)
Peter
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