Need Pictures of Hull Blisters

Lew, One of our members "farmer" had some fantastic pictures of blisters but I found that all his pictures have been removed. We lost some of the pictures when Keith transfered the site to a new server.

I did do a search on blisters and here's a link to the threads that came up.

hull blisters

Farmers blistering was so bad that he had to remove the entire gel coat. Is the blistering on a boat you have or want to purchase?

Blisters, if still filled with water will be bumps in the gel usually with a crack in the middle. If the water has dried out then the gel usually will flatten back out but the gel will be a maze of fine cracks.

i got blisters on my blisters

Mike: What all you having done at eric's...if you don't mind me asking. Hows the wing by the way?

john

Gonna look nice! I seen on another thread that I may be seeing part of the bill.

john

How do you add over 20...get your bro to help?


john




only kidding eric...

Looking good Gary. Did you spray on the gel coat? Does it need to be sanded now? Looks nice and glossey in the pic's.

Does anyone know why this happens? It only seems to happen on 70's and up boats.A friend of mine has a 77 that had been in the water most summers and all of a sudden it got them.Is it possible the gel coat is thinner and letting the water get in?

Pete,that was a great article.

Gary, the bottom is epoxy with a barrior coat additive.I have a hard epoxy bottom coat that will go on when the weather cooperates.

                         Farmer

Interesting Pete,thanks.I remember coming home from school and stopping at the gas station and waiting in line for 5 gallons!

Gary S wrote: Interesting Pete,thanks.I remember coming home from school and stopping at the gas station and waiting in line for 5 gallons!

I was still at Watercraft Sales the first summer of the embargo. I do remember running out of gas to sell for 1 or 2 days several times that summer. I never had a problem getting gas on the road though. I think it depended on the region of the country you were in.

In Maine it was about the Federal gov. putting all the dairy farms out of business by making them an offer they couldn't refuse. I was a cook at that time and the market was flooded with cow tenderloins. They didn't quite taste the same as beef tenderloins, but they were cheap and people drove for miles to eat them. Of course, we called them filet mingeons.

cow tenderloins ???? beef tenderloins???

Cows are for milking,beef are for eating
                                  Farmer

These tenderloins came from all the diary cows that were slaughtered after the feds bought all the diary cows as a deal for the farmers to stay out of the business.   They were called cow tenderloins and were definately different from a beef tenderloin. They were very soft and not firm and didn't taste the same or nearly as good. I worked for a fairly large restaurant and we had them on special till they were gone. We called them filet mignons and sold them cheap. Us cooks didn't eat them and were amused to be serving them up. We called them old dead cow tenderloins. I imagine the diners had the same conversation much like many of us have had at certain restaurants when your wondering what you're really eating.

Well that expains where the rest of the cow went.

j-bear, shouldnt you be at the buffet? you know the price goes up to $6.95 after 4:30