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Old     (blowhole)      Join Date: Nov 2009       11-21-2010, 5:42 AM Reply   
Anyone have a good product that seals gelcoat so water can't get in? My boat stays in the water from May-end of Sept at a marina with no lifts. Got a few small blisters on both sides this year near the back of the boat below waterline. There has to be something that seals so this can't happen and theres no way i'm gonna use paint.
Old     (baitkiller)      Join Date: Jan 2010       11-21-2010, 6:51 AM Reply   
Fouling paint won’t do a thing for osmotic blisters anyway, don't bother. Paint isn't waterproof, and believe it or not, neither is fiberglass unless it’s laid up with epoxy or vinyl-ester. Despite their cost the majority of towboat builders continue to use only cheap old Polyester resins with no infusion let alone post cure process. Perhaps its because they intend their products to be trailer boats suited only for day use. If you really want to stop osmotic blistering you will need to apply a barrier coat like System 2000-2001. It is basically a several coat lay-up of epoxy paint.

It comes in gray or white and will require you abrade the hull.

Blisters are born in the mold. All you need is a tiny drop of moisture in the matrix to contact some un-dissolved solids and the process begins. That is why most upper tier real boat builders will use vinyl-ester for the skin coats and first few mat layers before switching to polyester for the bulk of the laminate. Very expensive hulls, price-per foot average of say MC or SN warrants a full epoxy or vinyl-ester schedule. This just doesn’t happen though. The money must be being spent somewhere more important.......<<<<
Old     (riverside)      Join Date: Mar 2002       11-21-2010, 8:48 AM Reply   
sand it with 180 grit apply 5 layers of inter(national) gelshield 200 epoxy paint add another 2 layers of anti-fouling.That,s how most big yachts are sealed.
Old     (nautiquesonly)      Join Date: Sep 2007       11-21-2010, 1:24 PM Reply   
My dad always used a product called super slick.

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