"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote in message
anews.com...

Um, Bruce, I am NOT ill-advised. The ONLY way to get the saturation out of
the laminate which causes the blisters in the first place is to dry it
thoroughly. The fastest way to dry it is a very low humidity environment.
Everybody knows that the colder it is the lower the humidity the air can
carry. Skippy's idea of spraying the bottom with fresh water is just plain
ludicrous and ignorant. You've got to view the hull that sits in the water
as a membrane. Anybody knows a membrane won't work as a membrane if it is
impermeable. This is the idea behind the barrier coat - impermeability.
But, if all you do is trap moisture in the laminate under an impermeable
layer on the water side you still get a soggy laminate from the inside as
a membrane will work from inside out just the same as from outside in.
Very few boats have a dry bilge. So, the only solution is to DRY the
laminate thoroughly and this can take up to two years in a low humidity,
cold environment. Checking the laminate with a moisture meter is the test.
Never barrier coat a laminate that isn't in compliance with a healthy dry
laminate and if you want to be thorough barrier coat the dry laminate both
inside and out. Now, run along, you're ignorance bothers me.

Wilbur Hubbard


Nice try, Wilbur.

Do some research to see why you're wrong. I'll not be a pedant to tell you
why, but you are.

Humidity doesn't help - but you can wait a lifetime, and it won't be dry
until you do what's needed to remove what's causing the problem, the answer
to that being readily available in many sources if you'll just look.

L8R

Skip, not going to bother with the moisture meter again until I start with
the extraction process, but agreeing with you that it has to be gotten out
to make the barrier coat worth having...

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