Moisture meter from lidl?
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VicS
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Worth reading
http://www.passionforpaint.co.uk/downloads/sovguide.pdf
and
http://www.passionforpaint.co.uk/downloads/skipperguide.pdf
if you are thinking about buying one for GRP testing
jwilson
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Not any use for GRP hulls - designed for timber or plaster.
forelle541
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Most moisture meters are calibrated for timber. Make sure you use the relative scale and it's just that, relative. Easiest way is to find a boat that is known to be the moisture content your after, try your meter on that and then use that as your target.
alanch
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I don't think most of us with older boats really want to know what the moisture reading of the hull is.
Daydream believer
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If you do test the moisture content correctly, do you know what to expect?
Or, what is a good or bad reading
If you do not know, what is the point of knowing what your moisture content is anyway
Or, what is a good or bad reading
If you do not know, what is the point of knowing what your moisture content is anyway
jwilson
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More on the meter - the Aldi one is designed with two sharp steel prongs you stick into the wood or plaster, apart from damaging the hull it will give very unreliable readings on GRP. There is a reason moisture meters for hulls cost £200+ and the Aldi one £9.99.
chinita
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Yep, pretty soon Lidl will be offering 'Surveyors Overalls'.
Think of the money to be saved on professional surveys.
PCUK
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Aren't the overalls the only qualification surveyors have these days! Or am I thinking of BSS inspectors?