Anti-osmosis Cycle

Anti-osmosis Cycle
We carry out interventions on crafts that need a complete anti-osmosis treatment, proceeding in steps as follows:

1. Haulage of the boat, waiting for the hull to dry, in order to assess the moisture level in the layered hull
2. If necessary, removal of all drainpipes and suction strainers
3. Complete stripping of existing anti-fouling, primers and gelcoat, down to the fiberglass, by using “Gelplane”
4. Wet sanding of the hull, in order to burst the osmotic blisters
5. Measuring the moisture level of the layered surface
6. High-pressure washing
7. Insulating the hull with a cover and start of the long dehumidification treatment, using a hot-air generator. This operation is carried out at an indoor shipyard
8. During the dehumidification cycle, we repeatedly hose down the hull at high pressure
9. Re-measuring the moisture level of the layered hull: when lower than 30% (as gauged by a high-precision instrument), the cycle of dehumidification is terminated
10. Filling the larger cavities with epoxy resin and epoxy plaster
11. Sanding and smoothing the surface
12. Cleaning and skim-coating
13. Application of three coats of epoxy base on the whole hull
14. Application of antifouling products