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Steve Lusardi Steve Lusardi is offline
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Default Microwaves to dry boat hulls

Probably would work well, but I know of no way to do this safely. You would be irradiating the world.
Steve

"Frogwatch" wrote in message ...
Say you want to drive the moisture out of gelcoat. I've used a heat
gun to do it and was surprised at how much water came out.
So, what would a high power microwave unit do? Water absorbs the
microwaves much better than the polyester so it would get hot and come
out. This would avoid the months of waiting for a hull to dry if you
are repairing blisters (a real scam as blisters are not a real
problem).