Hull Re-lamination

This repair process is sometimes essential due to laminate deterioration. However, more customers are opting for this treatment. It is regarded as the premier treatment for a vessel, reinstating the hulls strength and providing an impregnable barrier against water ingress.

We are one of the few companies in Europe with a laminate impregnator machine and vacuum bagging machine, capable of undertaking this process.

Long-term exposure to water can actually take apart cured resin molecules and break them down into their constituent materials - a process known as resin hydrolysis. Osmotic gel-coat blisters are usually a symptom of resin hydrolysis deeper within the laminate. In the hull laminate, areas with gelcoat remaining appear to have a "Spot" blistering problem. All areas with gelcoat removed however reveal the hull's global skincoat hydrolysis problem. Water-soluble compounds - the products of hydrolysis - vent through the local blister sites.