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Originally Posted by Islandtrader
I think if you look at the pictures you would be wrong in both cases.
First off any hull 50 years old is going to have voids, which the blasting will find.
Second the age of the gel coat heat and cold will cause a whole different set of problems.
No matter which way you cut it, you will still have a lot of work to do.
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voids in a lay up,these have no bearing with age - the void is there,or it's not...a void doesn't appear...
voids will be blown open with pressure washing,long before blasting,you do realize the water pressure in pressure washing is much,much greater than the air pressure involved in blasting..
now,an old hull,that's been covered in bottom paint,isn't gonna have the same gel coat as a hull a few years old - that's true,however,if you're blasting a hull that's 50yrs old,odds are,you're restoring the entire hull,thehull's bottom will require the same finish sanding,aong with any fairing/priming and refinishing,just like the hull...
again,lots and lots of misinformation on this subject...