i found water on top of foam ,is this a pic of delamination

bigbad4cyl

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i found about two coffee cups worth of dark brown water on top of my foam against the hull ,,,it also soaked the under side of the floor ,,,,i cant tell if it seeped through the hull/floor joint ,,,or if it was delamination or what ever .....i found a stain or somthing right were the water was also .....anyone know what this is..........;
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bigbad4cyl

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Re: i found water on top of foam ,is this a pic of delamination

the outside of the hull looks perfectly good at that point......
 

Boomyal

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Re: i found water on top of foam ,is this a pic of delamination

It's impossible to tell from your picture. Apparently some hulls can weep water. Personally, I would give the inside of the hull, under the waterline, a coating of epoxy resin. This would insure that any water that would weep thru the hull would be stopped. Any cracks and this technique would do no good.
 

Realgun

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Re: i found water on top of foam ,is this a pic of delamination

It's called replace the foam time. :D <br />The stain is just water that picked up something before it got to your foam. Dude your not delaminating yet! Besure to seal the foamed in area real well. That way the foam should not get wet.
 

prockvoan

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Re: i found water on top of foam ,is this a pic of delamination

Just let it dry before you go to work on it!Grind all spots that you are planning on glassing,wipe it down with some acetone before glassing too!<br />Forgot to ask,any bubbles in the gelcoat?
 

bigbad4cyl

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Re: i found water on top of foam ,is this a pic of delamination

no bubbles
 
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