I am in the process of selling my 1987 hunter 34 and had the survey today. The boat was hauled out yesterday and left on land overnight. It was cloudy last night and very foggy thisam. At 8am while still foggy the surveyor took moiture readings of the bottoh and said it was very high ( below waterline). He said the moisture was in the fiberglass and not in the paint. He said the moisture in the paint would have dried out overnight. He also said there were very few blisters. This did not make sense to me and I spoke with some other knowledgeable people who said it would take several days for the paint to dry out depending on the weather. They said the weather we had (clouds and fairly dense fog) would have prevented the paint from drying that quickly, and therefor the moisture may have been in the paint.. Any thoughts. Thanks. Jim
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Moisture meter readings
are somewhat of an artform not to mention some models are notoriously inaccurate. We did moisture readings on my son's hull last year and it was subsequently contradicted by a second set of readings by another survey 2 days later. Unfortunately, you appear to be on the receiving end of the problem and not able to dictate much as a seller. If I were you, I'd get my own survey moisture readings to see if there really is a problem and consider the cost of fixing it if possible or hopefully simply contradicting the first wrong measurement. Surface moisture usually isn't the source of bad readings as long as the person operating the meter knows what he/she is doing.
are somewhat of an artform not to mention some models are notoriously inaccurate. We did moisture readings on my son's hull last year and it was subsequently contradicted by a second set of readings by another survey 2 days later. Unfortunately, you appear to be on the receiving end of the problem and not able to dictate much as a seller. If I were you, I'd get my own survey moisture readings to see if there really is a problem and consider the cost of fixing it if possible or hopefully simply contradicting the first wrong measurement. Surface moisture usually isn't the source of bad readings as long as the person operating the meter knows what he/she is doing.
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