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    Bubbles, bumps whatever...

    Whatever you want to call them I am finding them in the figerglass. WTF? first noticed them in the seat molding but as I started to look I found them around some of the lids and even on the underside of the boat as far back as the pad.

    I could have sworn I read that this was from water inrusion, makes sense in some of the places I have found them.

    How bad is this? Anyone?!


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    Re: Bubbles, bumps whatever... (stickbaitAZ)

    When I first noticed it I saw it around the livewell opening. That isn’t a big deal since I was planning on cutting the opening to make it larger. This would have cut out the bubbles. Once I ripped out the seats I found them under the lining. Still not a huge deal since I am planning on having new seats made and that area will never be seen.

    Well yesterday I pulled the trailer out from under the hull and started cleaning and noticed the bumps on hull. This does bother me. How bad is this?

    Here is the seat pan…

    And up close…

    The hull…

    Again…





    Modified by stickbaitAZ at 10:25 AM 9/20/2009

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    Re: Bubbles, bumps whatever... (stickbaitAZ)

    Osmotic Blisters...........http://www.zahnisers.com/repair/blis...ister1.htm...I couldn't see your pics, but your description.......
    "You may all go to hell, I will go to Texas"

    Davy Crockett

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    Re: Bubbles, bumps whatever... (knowphish)

    yep, I bet that is them. This freak'n sucks... How hard or expensive of a fix is this?

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    Re: Bubbles, bumps whatever... (stickbaitAZ)

    they are osmosis blisters
    not bad i have seen them much worse...is the ones on the bottom where it sets on the trailer bunks????????
    osmosis blisters is a bad disease on gel coat they spread..........

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    Re: Bubbles, bumps whatever... (Rollo331)

    Yes, i do believe they would fall about where the bunks are. I think that is why I didn't see them before. Do you think it is from sitting on the wet bunks?

    Man, I got this sour feeling in my stomach, dare I ask how to fix this? Once fixed are they likely to come back, or start at a new area?


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    Re: Bubbles, bumps whatever... (stickbaitAZ)

    you will have to sand with a grinder till you grind them all out and then spot fix the glass in areas where it was bad then repaint the area

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