Forward bulkhead

[chriselk]

Been a while. Rainy day posting here in NC


After soda blasting We noticed a few wet areas in the hull based on a moisture meter and we noticed what looked to be many gel coat blisters. We were told that the only sure was to get it dry was to remove the gel coat. Since we were going to bottom paint anyway, we removed the gel coat. It tore up the shop and a month later we still have the dust around.

Two pictures show the after sanding off the gel coat. It turns out we found several damaged areas that we might have missed had we not done it.

Within 2 weeks readings went from as high as 22 down to under 7. We divided the hull up into grids and wrote on the bottom so we could follow the moisture levels.

We will eventually flip, repair, glass/epoxy. Then Interlux barrier coats, topcoat (maybe) and then bottom paint.