How To Fiberglass Osmotic Blisters | Tech Talk | Ep. 11

When we bought our boat, the keel had approximately 50 osmotic blisters that needed repaired. After grinding the blisters out with an angle grinder, I started the process of repairing the blister spots with fiberglass. In this video, Brady gives step by step information on how to fiberglass osmotic blisters.
Video just kind of ends...what’s next??
Well, Brady broke out in a TERRIBLE rash from the epoxy (all of his previous fiberglass work was with vinylester and this had never happened to him before...it was real bad). Typically you sand, and repeat the last step he shows (smoothing/fairing the boat with epoxy putty). Then sand again and potentially repeat again. You do that until you are pleased with the smoothness of the filled blisters matching the rest of your hull. We did not do this. I sanded them down because Brady was in such bad shape and he was so worried about me breaking out the same way that we decided not to repeat those steps and just to leave them how they were. So that is why the video just kind of ends...
Stay tuned for more videos as we epoxy barrier coat the entire bottom of the boat and repaint with anti fouling paint.
We are Brady & Carlie - a couple of married, creative, travel-loving, nerds living our vagabond dreams. We don't know where it will lead and that's okay with us! We recently finished flipping and selling our home, along with most of our possessions. After hiking 800 miles on the Appalachian Trail, we have decided to see the world via sailboat. Currently, we are doing some upgrades to our new to us 1990 Island Packet 35 (SV/Valinor) and then setting out. We hope to show the ups, downs, good, bad, and everything in between. We will share as much as we can through journal entries on our blog, mini movies here on RUclips, and photos on Instagram. We plan to film, paint, photograph, design, and write our way around the world. Our desire is to use our creative outlets to push others to get outside, to experience other cultures, to look after Mother Earth, to dream.
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