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Old 10-22-2011, 05:01 AM   #12
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Bottom and blisters

I'll buy the resin issue but only to a degree...but can you tell what resin any particular manufacturer used?

I've been following the issue since the 70's too.* My 1977 Cape Dory ketch (first liveaboard) was starting to get blisters even back in the early 80's.* But only on one side.* Though nothing solid, the consensus was that one side cured diffrently than the other...very possible because she was laid up in winter in Conn and that side might have had a much different temp when curing.

Based on my reading of "hydrolysis"...it* IS happening to every polyester resin boat out there...no matter WHAT manufacturer or batch of resin...it just happens at different rates because of different factors...I just got a poster child...AND temperature IS a factor in hydrolysis.



-- Edited by psneeld on Saturday 22nd of October 2011 06:02:29 AM


-- Edited by psneeld on Saturday 22nd of October 2011 06:06:01 AM
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