Slurry Blasting on East Coast

[davidfox]

I have got a real big build up of old antifouling and the thought of scraping down the hull doesnt excite me, its pretty much got to be done this year, I have tried to justify putting it off till next, anyone know about slurry blasting? does it hurt? And any recommendations of competant operators who are also incredibly cheap?
Thanks

 

[Pasarell]

My boat was slurry blasted a couple of weeks ago and the result is excellent. I had an old epoxy tar coating that was partially removed. Half a day sanding and cleaning up the edges has it ready for antifouling now. Cost was about £14 / foot length overall. I'm on the south coast and the job was done by Symblast from Poole

 

[Will33]

Not sure about incredibly cheap but farrow system operate on the east coast through a number of operators. We generally work with a company called Surface 2 Surface rates are about £16 per foot + VAT. PM me if you would like contact details

Will

 

[Sixpence]

I'm interested too so can you put the details here

 

[Will33]

Hi Dave

Thier web site does not seem to be working at the moment but email is sales@surfacetosurface.co.uk the guy to speak to is Fred Sherrif and his number is 01603 662212

Otherwise contact Farrow System directly at www.farrowsystems.co.uk

Will

 

[Sixpence]

Thanks for that Will

 

[davidfox]

Thanks for that, I am surprised at the price, bearing in mind that the south coast is meant to be more expensive, the east coast seems to be £2 per foot more plus vat, are there any others out there?

 

[davidfox]

Do they go to the East Coast do you know?

 

[Will33]

David

Not an expert on blasting techniques but i believe the Farrow System is an alternative to slurry blasting, the media used is recyclable and swept up after the job is finished. After the job is done there will be no further preparation required. The farrow system is able to take back to gel coat without any damage to the gel coat. That may explain the price differential, as we are talking about alternative treatments

Will

 

[davidfox]

Thanks Will

 

[shmoo]

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I have got a real big build up of old antifouling

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If you have a lot of antifouling still on the boat, dosn't that mean you simply stop putting on for a while. I thought that modern antifouling worked by ablation. So while there is some there to be ablated it will still work. Won't it? Or does it work by containing poison that leaches out over time leaving ineffective plain old paint behind (I thought this is how it used to work but not nowadays when poison is frowned on)

 

[davidfox]

I think all the good bits leach out

 

[kengill]

I saw a fantastic job being done last year using the Farrow system at Walton-on-the-Naze. The boat - an old folk boat had enormous thicknesses of various paints and was carefully taken back to the bare wood.

I was varnishing that day alongside and the care taken by the operator was superb. Sorry forgot to get his details.