It is now 2 years since I first put the current pureseal sample in the water. For those that have recently joined Pureseal is a new kind of antifoul more like a clear silicon paint with no metal in it that inhibits
Believe it or not, it is the start of another season. These 3 month slabs seem to be flying by. At the start of each season I check out the sample plate with Pureseal on hanging under the pier in front of where we live.
Today we cut a cardboard stencil to ensure I had the correct size of the floor and then once I had trimmed it here and there I had my size and I transferred its shape to a piece of ply and cut it out. Sam and his sons
I had a light duties day today, the beam is still curing so I cant do much with it. I did remove some of the peel ply to see how it came out, I am quite happy. So I glued some duracore panels ready to strip them for
Having recovered from the near disaster (see last post in August) I put it behind me and got on with the job today. But first, regular readers will know that at the start of each season I report on the PureSeal test. I
Last month I prematurely raised the Pure Seal sample a month early. I hinted that the test plate looked pretty good. It does in fact look great. I think this formula is working. To temper my enthusiasm I have to add
Regular readers will know that I have been testing some sample plates of a new type of single application antifoul called PureSeal. The idea being that this material is slippery which helps the hull move through the
As I said I would give the PureSeal another test with the new sample and see how the new “improved” formula holds up. Unless there was a glaring mistake in the make up of the previous formula that this new
The last hull panels to tape were between bulkheads 1 and 2 (there is still one panel to to between 0 and 1 that I did as I attached the panels). I managed to tape this last panel today. I could have started on the
