My wife and I are planning a trip through lake Ere in August. The normal stops are put in bay, Kelly's island, and maumee state park. We will be gone a total of 7 days and nights. We are taking the boat (not trailering), and none of the stops have hoist lifts. So, the boat will be in the water for 7 consecutive days .
The boat has a fantastic paint job --- which I'm reasonably sure is Emron. Is it safe to keep Emron in the water for. 7 days or is that pushing it?
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07-13-2013 11:15 PMI know it's eMron not eNron ..... Damn auto correct
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07-13-2013 11:55 PMLast try was the correct one...
Imron should have zero issues, even if it set in the water all season. However, sometimes certain ones do. I believe it is because of poor preparation during the prepaint process. If you have never had an issue, you should not. Gel is more prone to blistering that Imron in my experience.Getting bad advice is unfortunate, taking bad advice is a Serious matter!!
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07-14-2013 07:47 AMYea, I did have an issue. After purchasing, I had to install a new hoist. The hoist company took a whole month longer than they said. Unfortunately I left the boat in the water for a little over 3 weeks
I ended up with about 30 pin head sized blisters on each side near the transom.
I matched the paint, fixed the blisters, and applied a new clear coat
Now, I'm paranoid about leaving in the water much more than overnight. However, we do lots of weekend things so I'm hoping a week is a safe limit
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07-14-2013 07:59 AMThe boat is a 2002. Luckily the blisters were in small clusters so easy to fix
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07-14-2013 10:03 AMIt was an Imron clear coat to the entire boat from the waterline down? Or just the spots you repaired?
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07-14-2013 12:52 PM
We had some paint on the bottom of our boat that blistered (not BT's fault). I believe it was prepped wrong from whoever did it when the boat was in California for a bit.
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07-14-2013 04:28 PM
First off contrary to what was mentioned in post # 4 , Imron will have issues if left in the water for long periods of time / blistering .
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07-15-2013 09:18 AM
I was told most custom painted boats are painted with base coat clear coat.
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07-15-2013 07:26 PM
Isnt this how threads get derailed?
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07-16-2013 10:46 AM
This has been informative. I was under the impression that besides it's aesthetic qualities, Imron was a great protective coating. I recall that Hatteras, Bertram, Buddy Davis and a host of other builders used to advertise that fact that their hulls withstood prolonged periods of in water time because of the Imron coating. I'm wondering what has changed?.. the formulation?? the application protocols?? Artie, knows his stuff so I'm curious.
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07-16-2013 11:40 AM
I had always assumed Imron was up to the task too...
I know that it hard when it dries and cures.
I know that it is not what AwlGrip is, but figured if Formula used it on their graphics it could handle staying wet for a long time or forever...