A method to repair moisture damaged wood core boat hulls remotely
identifies and repairs all wet core hull areas and optionally performs
preventive maintenance on dry hull areas to restore the integrity of a
fiberglass boat hull and prevent new water infiltration damage to a boat
hull. The wet area repair guidelines using a surface moisture mete Any
balsa cored area reading 15% or above is considered a wet area. Any wood
cored area reading 20% or above is considered a wet area. The repair
steps involves removing all through-hull fittings or hardware. Wet core
areas are then dried out using heat lamps, lights or heaters, hot-vac
systems, or octopus vacuum with grid system. If necessary, any area not
drying out is de-cored and repaired accordingly. After repairs are
finished, all through-hull fillings or hardware is reinstalled using new
sealant.