Bill, To answer your question about the converse, even though I had a barrier coat put on, Touché's bottom looked good with no significant blisters after 35 years in the water.
Dennis C. Sent from my iPhone On Oct 3, 2012, at 7:52 AM, William Hall <wh...@alum.mit.edu> wrote: > It's supposed to prevent delamination and blistering that may result > from osmosis (water gets into the fiberglass and the polyester > gradually comes apart over years). > It seems we have many reporters here who have applied barrier coat and > have not suffered blistering after many years (thanks for the > reports!) > How about the converse? > Has anyone left their boat in the water for a long time and still have > a great bottom? > > Bill > > On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 8:22 AM, djhaug...@juno.com <djhaug...@juno.com> wrote: >> what is the benefit of barrier coating? >> >> >> ---------- Original Message ---------- >> From: Robert Abbott <robertabb...@eastlink.ca> >> To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com >> Cc: William Hall <wh...@alum.mit.edu> >> Subject: Stus-List Barrier Coats >> Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2012 09:18:30 -0300 >> >> Bill: >> We put 7 coats of Interprotect 2000 E on our boat in 2006. And if my >> boat was in the water most of the year, I would definitely have the >> bottom barrier coated. >> >> Bob Abbott >> AZURA >> C&C 32 -84 >> Halifax, N.S. >> >> >> >> On 2012/10/02 2:37 PM, William Hall wrote: >>> Hi List, >>> I'm probably going to have our bottom redone this spring, and I'm >>> debating doing a barrier coat. >>> Has anyone out there done one a while ago (~10 years ago maybe) and >>> have results to report? Is it holding up well? >>> Thanks, >>> Bill >>> >>> C&C 37 Starfire >>> Stamford, CT >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >>> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >>> CnC-List@cnc-list.com >>> >>> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >> CnC-List@cnc-list.com >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >> CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > > > -- > William D. Hall, Ph.D. > 203 653 2886 (o) > 617 620 9078 (c) > wh...@alum.mit.edu > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
