Re: New rub rail inserts
Yes, I have seen it. In each case it was traced back to blasting with sand, media and/or very high high water pressure. Yard workers love to crank the pressure up high enough to remove "barnacle glue," rather than scrape.
I do not know that this is what you have. Best, CW Bill Rouse Amel Owners Yacht School +1 832-380-4970 | brouse@... 720 Winnie, Galveston Island, Texas 77550 www.AmelOwnersYachtSchool.com Yacht School Calendar: www.preparetocastoff.blogspot.com/p/calendar.html On Sat, Aug 29, 2020, 11:11 AM Ken Powers SV Aquarius <ken@...> wrote: I would love to get new rub rails inserts, but stuck in Thailand, and will not get close to the Caribbean for WHO knows when. Currently re-gelcoating the Rub Rail, and Gel Coat for the red boot stripe. Also sanded Aquarius' bottom down to gel coat. And, 100 blisters appeared. I was so scared when I saw all the little bumps, and the person that sanded Aquarius down showed me that it was osmosis by opening one up with a knife. YUP, osmosis, you can smell it..... But, how could this be, I have never heard of an Amel with Osmosis. So, the painters thought that it was going to be a big job, but in the end the osmosis didn't penetrate past the first layer. So, no big deal! Fixed all 100 spots in about 4 hours of work. YES.. |
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