Small Craft Surveyors' Workshop 2006 - Osmosis

The Small Craft Surveyors' Forum 2006 Workshop was held on 14 Jun 2006, in conjunction with SeaWork 2006 in Southampton, when the subject was osmosis.

The Workshop considered the questions of what osmosis is, how to detect it and how to treat it. The following presentations were given:

• "Osmosis in GRP Vessels - Chemical Identification"  (pdf file)
  Len Bennison - International Paints Ltd 
• "When should you paint and osmotic boat?" (pdf file)
  Jim Hurst - Osmotech
• "A Surveyor's Experienceof Osmosis"  (pdf file)
  Hugo Du Plessis

The Workshop was followed by a general discussion