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Old 10-27-2012, 03:00 PM   #47
Larry M
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...The yard then proceeded to give the stripped hull a pressure wash about every two weeks for the first while to totally remove the liquid blister residue. The hull was allowed to dry...
We are doing a blister job now. The 25 years of hard bottom painting was chemically stripped then the gel coat ground off. I have opened and enlarged every blister I can find. Twice per day I wash the bottom with pressure fresh water to aid in the drying and to remove any of the blister residue as RT had done. This seems to be a very important step and one we didn't do in 2004. I am just now filling by first wetting out each area with unthickened epoxy then going back with in an hour and filling with thickened epoxy. After all the blisters are repaired/filled/fared, 3 coats of barrier coat, primer and then paint. Will it work, I hope so.
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