Twister_Ken
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Indigo, after being 'blasted' (Farrow System) yesterday.
Look Mum, no antifouling
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FullCircle
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Thats a nasty looking split right round the waterline Ken! /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
A_7
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Now that is the shape of a proper hull!
Poignard
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As a mate of mine always says when looking at a Twister - "Not a bad line in them"!
doug748
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I need to do this next winter, how does the Farrow system work?
ccscott49
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Brilliant system, wish they had it down here in Barcelona! My boat needs doing!
LymingtonPugwash
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That has got to be one of the best underwater profiles going for a cruising boats. Nice one Ken!
Jimbo772
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How much "mess" does this process make ? My boatyard are almost fanatical about spilling stuff on their lovely tarmac....
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Heigaro
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My boatyard are almost fanatical about spilling stuff on their lovely tarmac....
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Tarmac!!!??? - Now, there's posh!! /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif
My boatyard are almost fanatical about spilling stuff on their lovely tarmac....
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Tarmac!!!??? - Now, there's posh!! /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif
Cutter
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Ken
How do yo get your mum to do all that work?
Do tell
How do yo get your mum to do all that work?
Do tell
Slow_boat
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Agreed, that is an underwater shape to trust. I bet she doesn't slam.
Seven Spades
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Crumbs, not using you boat yet then?
Twister_Ken
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>Crumbs, not using you boat yet then? <
Yeah. Using it for varnishing practice.
Yeah. Using it for varnishing practice.
Twister_Ken
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>How much "mess" does this process make ?<
Very little. The boat was tarped from the toe rail to the ground, and other tarps were on the ground and over the cradle. So the 'blaster' was effectively working in a closed environment where almost nothing escaped.
Very little. The boat was tarped from the toe rail to the ground, and other tarps were on the ground and over the cradle. So the 'blaster' was effectively working in a closed environment where almost nothing escaped.
Twister_Ken
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>I need to do this next winter, how does the Farrow system work?<
Operator has a double hose from a compressor. One hose shoots the 'media', the other fine spray of water. They hit the surface together. I think the prime role of the water is to cool the abrasion, coz much of it turns to steam - there are not streams of water coming off the boat. The media is sand ground from pumice. Apparently it is milled to different sizes, allowing the operator to load the hopper with media with different levels of 'aggresion'. The surface it leaves is very slightly pitted which apparently provides a good key for overpainting.
Mine done by these guys
Operator has a double hose from a compressor. One hose shoots the 'media', the other fine spray of water. They hit the surface together. I think the prime role of the water is to cool the abrasion, coz much of it turns to steam - there are not streams of water coming off the boat. The media is sand ground from pumice. Apparently it is milled to different sizes, allowing the operator to load the hopper with media with different levels of 'aggresion'. The surface it leaves is very slightly pitted which apparently provides a good key for overpainting.
Mine done by these guys
