There were many Uniflite boats made in the late 1970s which are referred to as Blister boats. Uniflite changed its source of resin ( due to oil price hikes in the late 7os) and the new resin was inferior and resulted in blisters oozing a bromine compound. The owners of these boats brought a class action which bankrupted Uniflite, the remains of which was bought by Chris Craft..I understand this blister problem is different from osmosis blisters, though I guess osmosis is involved. If you hunt Uniflite World you will find better write ups than this.. Have a look at the Uniflite History on the opening page..I think there is a summary there.. Despite this history they are still fantastic boats, very well designed, seaworthy, strong and still with quite a following.
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2010 06:22:58 -0700 From: [email protected] Subject: Re: [UnifliteWorld] Blisters...again and again and again !!! To: [email protected] Please, What are 'Blister blisters" vs Osmosis blisters. I thought they we ALL related to the osmosis/curing of resin process and associated problems there in??? Russ "If I knew what I was doing, I'd be doing it right now." Keith Urban "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the Faith." -- St. Paul Letter to 2 Timothy 4:6-8 "I only dressed his wounds, God healed them." -- Ambrose Pare, French Military Surgeon 1510-1590 "Life's tough, pilgrim, and it's even tougher if you're stupid." -- John Wayne "The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function." -- F. Scott Fitzgerald From: Kerry Lebel <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, October 29, 2010 10:36:42 AM Subject: Re: [UnifliteWorld] Blisters...again and again and again !!! Upload away. I would like to see them. On Fri, 2010-10-29 at 16:13 +0200, Ross Robertson wrote: Hi I decided just to give the bottom of my 1980 ( I think ) 38c a quick clean off and then a re--something or other when I had found out what was beneath the old layers of anti-foul etc etc... It is boat from the blister era but what was there was a shock. Below the water line it has some fantastic blisters --are they osmosis or blister blisters I don't know. When it was skinned off, ground and ground out-- with a few darker patches remaining, it was enclosed with tarps and about 5000watts of heat left running for 5 says. The skirt was removed and again wow.. all the darker areas have oozed...OK next acetone, a wash and another grind out.. and we see what is left. The vertical hull sides have small blisters. Then the topsides have no blisters, why is this? Then the shower is blistered ...and a couple of locker doors in the cockpit.. no others... Maybe moulded in a different location. In any case the purpose of this is if anyone wants to see photos of the work.. ?? Am happy to up-load them. Cheers Ross -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "UnifliteWorld" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/unifliteworld?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "UnifliteWorld" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/unifliteworld?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "UnifliteWorld" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/unifliteworld?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "UnifliteWorld" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/unifliteworld?hl=en.
