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Old 01-27-2007
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You should open up any "sealed" blisters, but be careful doing it, as the contents can be fairly caustic and under some pressure.

Then you have to grind out the blistered areas and let them dry and then patch and re-fair. Since you're generally doing the repairs with epoxy, not vinylester or polyester resin, it is usually a good deal more osmosis resistant, since epoxy is the most waterproof of the resins used in boats.
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