blister

  1. juneausailin

    Osmotic Blister Repair

    Greetings all, so I just purchased an E38, the hull is covered, literally, with osmotic blisters. In order to avoid repairing a dozen blisters every time I haul for the rest of my life I have decided to have the hull peeled and refinished. The boat yard is recomending using Vinyl Ester instead...
  2. erikwfab

    Hull Blister Repairs

    As the pround new owner of an E36C I have a few questions for this community of boatowners. I have elected to have her bottom sandblasted due to the number of blisters I discovered after hauling her. I would like to know what the best way to proceed is. She is east of San Francisco and the...
  3. D

    Blister basics

    My apologies if all of this has been covered before, but I did search around on the site some, and just wanted to see if I understood this correctly. Blisters are caused by water seeping--probably from the outside, but maybe influenced by how damp the inside spot it corresponds to is--into...
  4. Jeff Asbury

    Fiberglass Blister Myths?

    Fiberglass Blister Myths? I have heard from different folks on the docks as well as some professional boat maintenance people that boats with fiberglass hulls that were made after a time in the mid Seventies (74 or 75), are more susceptible to blistering. When I purchased my 1973 E-27 four...
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