Shot blasting marine growth - GIF

Shot blasting marine growth.

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Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...773#post209929
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...894#post198658
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...430#post173592
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...516#post127995
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...981#post213910

I would think that this operation would be more closely related to the tide - do the upper portions at low tide then come back at high tide and do all the lower (now completely under water) portions. Getting battered by each wave looks miserable.

Looks like a job for a machine.

Nice clean finish afterward. Assuming it's a pier piling, how is it repainted?

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Originally Posted by Dollar Bill

Nice clean finish afterward. Assuming it's a pier piling, how is it repainted?

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By using a product by the name of Hycote a 2 part epoxy specially formulated to be applied underwater. it has an exothermic curing principal
https://www.seaward-marine.com/servi...sbandry/hycote