Epoxy and AntiFoul

Mark Wildey · 13-02-2006, 07:51 PM

May well be looking for a scrape / expoxy and antifouling of a boat very soon.

Has anyone got any contacts for someone who can do it in the Poole area.

Cheers

Mark

verytricky · 13-02-2006, 10:35 PM

There is a bunch of guys with a 'soda stream' kit which kicks it off quite nicely, about £200 for a boat.

Look in the free sea newspaper.

Matt · 14-02-2006, 12:02 AM

200 quid?? You sure?

sinkunit0 · 14-02-2006, 12:41 AM

soda blast uk is 0121 7067772 . i have seen this used on a epoxy coating and it made hard work stripping the epoxy.its not as hard on the gelcoat as some systems.very good for stripping paint from aluminium ie gearboxes leaves a very nice finish
www.soda-blast.co.uk
or
www.farrowsystem.com the farrow system is a slightly more abrasive method.will strip epoxy. i would only do this if i was going to recoat the blasted hull with gelsheild or similar the reason being it does leave quite a key on the gel and does expose any bubbles in the orginal gel tel 01508522719

verytricky · 14-02-2006, 01:00 AM

Soda Blast ! that is the guys!!

Pennpromo · 14-02-2006, 07:43 AM

I've seen the Farrow system, it works very well, uses hot water and pummice as far as I am aware, there's a mobile guy in Lymington who could probably help you Mark. His name is Simon Billington and I am pretty sure that his number is 01590 688220. No idea on the cost ...

Cookee · 14-02-2006, 08:40 AM

I had a guy down here use the soda blast system on a boat I had at the time - it didn't even touch the gelcoat - brilliant system!

Foolish · 14-02-2006, 06:58 PM

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Originally posted by Cookee
I had a guy down here use the soda blast system on a boat I had at the time - it didn't even touch the gelcoat - brilliant system!

What kind of finish was left ?

would a "flat and polish" be possible ?

codprawn · 14-02-2006, 10:13 PM

Another brilliant process is dry ice blasting - no mess from the blasing media as it just turns into CO2. It works very well on hulls with osmosis as the blisters explode outwards.

Cookee · 15-02-2006, 08:39 AM

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Originally posted by Foolish
What kind of finish was left ?

would a "flat and polish" be possible ?

The finish was incredible - it really looked as if it had never been antifouled! In fact the hull was like new because the antifoul had protected it!

Matt · 15-02-2006, 09:32 AM

Is 200 quid really realistic though? Seems very low to me.

Mark Wildey · 15-02-2006, 09:51 AM

I spoke to the various people yesterday and they want £400-£700 for doing the job.

Soda Blast uses a low pressure volcanic technique which is supposed to be kind to gel coat.

As the antifoam appears to come off in a strong gust I'm going to do it myself and then arrange for someone else to epoxy and antifoul the boat.

Also spoke to Symblast and got a full on sales pitch for everything including copper coat. The guy will be at TD's on Friday, blasting an engine bay, so I might pop in for a brew.

Thanks for all the suggestions.

Mark

verytricky · 15-02-2006, 01:24 PM

The quote was £285 for a 21 foot V hull. Not quite £200 - I only remembered the 200 part....

Foolish · 17-02-2006, 09:51 PM

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm..............

wonder what would give the best result ?

1: 400 ( quid) of Soda spray .....or

2: 5 gallons of "solvent" and loadsa elbow grease ?

looks pretty thick !!!