[Rhodes22-list] Todd's big problem

[Kroposki]

Todd,
	Relax, as you have read from MJM reply there is a fix.  If you
followed Rummy's and my post recently, we had some problems.  Blisters
will occur in all fiberglass boats according to Hugo Du Plesis author of
Fiberglass Boats.  But they are fixable.  
	My boat is in the process of getting what we can call a 'boat'
bottom job, as distinguished from some recent comments.  What this
entailed for my boat was sand blasting the old anti fowling paint off.
This showed three blisters and two other defects.  One must have been a
penetration.  It was at the top of the keel boat bottom junction.
	However, it was not repaired the last time it had anti fowling
paint put on because there was anti fowling into the glass.  It was
about the size of penny.  It was cleaned, epoxied, filled, epoxied,
sanded and painted.   
	Using black anti fowling paint hides problems that could easily
be fixed.  Choose light colors in your new coating so any future
problems will be more apparent.
	Ed K
-----Original Message-----
From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Mary Lou Troy
Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 8:22 AM
To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] big problem

Thanks for the refresher, Michael. Looks like we'll be doing the same
thing 
to repair our damage from Isabel.  The nick is about the size of a
penny. 
We think something flew or floated into her while she was on the trailer
in 
the yard.

Mary Lou
R22 Fretless
Swan Creek, MD / Ft. Washington, PA


At 11:32 PM 11/4/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>this does not look major, my guess collision damaged badly repaired,
>
>1)dry it out,
>2)cut back the gelcoat until solid(looks like a few inches)
>3)sock the area with some stright expoy to seal, let set
>4)sand to get off the blush
>5)glass maybe cut to size, and expoxy filler,, flair and sand.
>
>Read the west cans for the correct filler and use west :-)
>
>MJM
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Todd Tavares" <sprocket80 at mail.com>
>To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 11:15 PM
>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] big problem
>
>
> >     I was putting carpeting on my bunk boards this past weekend.
While 
> under the trailer stapling the carpeting to the inside and
>underside of the boards, I found what looks to be a huge blister under
the 
>old paint.
> >
> >   I scraped the old dried out paint off and what I found did not
look 
> good.  It appears to be an old blister which broke and took
>a chunk of the gelcoat with it.  The gelcoat layer has delaminated over
an 
>area about 1 1/2" in diameter with cracks radiating out
>from the hole 3/4" or so.  I hope the damage is only surface and/or can
be 
>repaired from the outside, because the hole is below the
>concrete under the stepped ares aft of the v-berth.
> >
> >   Apparently the PO did not see it and painted right over it and
must 
> have sailed this way.  There was paint inside on the
>laminate.  I think the only good thing is that the boat has been on the

>trailer for 5+ years so it must be dry by now.
> >
> >    I was debating whether I was going to strip the old paint myself,
or 
> have the bottom re-done professionally.  I guess this made
>the decision easy.
> >
> > Hopefully pics will attach.
> >
> > Todd
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