Never seen this b4?

Dry Run · 11 February 2016, 15:52

Hi,

Sorry for crap pics, but this Rib was retubed about a year ago and now it appears to be blistering. There are numerous blisters (mostly small, but the largest about the size of a pea) which when you burst them are full of water.

They are all over sections of all the tubes (more towards the stern). The tubes hold air perfectly, so it's like there's moisture between the layers of the Hypalon.

Anyone else seen this or know what it is and should I be going back to the company that retubed it?

Regards

Steve

Wightdiver · 11 February 2016, 17:18

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Originally Posted by Dry Run

Hi,

Sorry for crap pics, but this Rib was retubed about a year ago and now it appears to be blistering. There are numerous blisters (mostly small, but the largest about the size of a pea) which when you burst them are full of water.

They are all over sections of all the tubes (more towards the stern). The tubes hold air perfectly, so it's like there's moisture between the layers of the Hypalon.

Anyone else seen this or know what it is and should I be going back to the company that retubed it?

Regards

Steve

Is that the fabric print Hypalon?

Searider · 11 February 2016, 17:19

Have seen it on the immersed section of a small Chinese built RIB.

I'd say there is a manufacturing problem with the fabric and would be having a chat with the company that retubed it.

office888 · 11 February 2016, 18:14

It's textbook delamination.

The synthetic textile manufacturer is at fault, not the retubing company.

matt h · 11 February 2016, 18:32

Yep as above!

Poly · 11 February 2016, 19:23

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Originally Posted by office888

The synthetic textile manufacturer is at fault, not the retubing company.

Yes, but under UK law it is the retailer (tube maker) not the original manufacturer who has to sort it (they in turn can claim from their supplier).

office888 · 11 February 2016, 19:48

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Originally Posted by Poly

Yes, but under UK law it is the retailer (tube maker) not the original manufacturer who has to sort it (they in turn can claim from their supplier).

Wow.

That is a completely unreasonable expectation. Short of owning a laboratory (like Zodiac has!) or engaging in several thousand dollars of testing with every batch of material, there is no way the retuber could predict delamination...not to mention, it could also be exacerbated by environmental conditions or by the particular cleaners that the end consumer uses.

All the material producer will probably do is reimburse the cost of material, but not the 25+ hours of labor required to actually manufacture the tubeset, or the labor involved to install it...

That really saddens me.

willk · 11 February 2016, 19:58

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Originally Posted by office888

All the material producer will probably do is reimburse the cost of material, but not the 25+ hours of labor required to actually manufacture the tubeset, or the labor involved to install it...

No, they'll have to "make it good" for the tube fitter or get their ass sued into the next century! Let's pretend it isn't the tube supplier's responsibility - and ask ourselves what the fabric manufacturer would do for the boat owner?

It's the same issue - just about who answers to who. If a tube maker uses crap fabric then they have to take responsibility when it goes t1ts up.

Poly · 11 February 2016, 20:09

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Originally Posted by office888

That is a completely unreasonable expectation.

Not really. The consumer has no contract with the fabric maker. The consumer has even less chance to inspect the raw material before it is included in his tubes.

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not to mention, it could also be exacerbated by environmental conditions or by the particular cleaners that the end consumer uses.

I'm sure the material supplier will help them conduct that investigation.

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All the material producer will probably do is reimburse the cost of material, but not the 25+ hours of labor required to actually manufacture the tubeset, or the labor involved to install it...

Maybe - although that might depend on how many rolls of fabric you buy and how much they want to keep you as a customer. With a key supplier like that its always worth negotiating the cost of such foreseeable issues up front.

Wightdiver · 12 February 2016, 09:20

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Originally Posted by office888

Wow.

That is a completely unreasonable expectation. Short of owning a laboratory (like Zodiac has!) or engaging in several thousand dollars of testing with every batch of material, there is no way the retuber could predict delamination...not to mention, it could also be exacerbated by environmental conditions or by the particular cleaners that the end consumer uses.

All the material producer will probably do is reimburse the cost of material, but not the 25+ hours of labor required to actually manufacture the tubeset, or the labor involved to install it...

That really saddens me.

Not forgetting that the tube maker is the customer of the material supplier. Its a small industry in the UK, word would soon spread, they will certainly not want to loose a customer or damage their reputation.

Unless of course this is just one of many claims they may have and resolving all of them would send the under.

Dry Run · 12 February 2016, 10:09

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Originally Posted by Wightdiver

Is that the fabric print Hypalon?

No, I don't think so. but it is hypalon.

ian parr · 12 February 2016, 15:27

Defo tube manufacture not the supplier of the product !!! When you buy a new car it always goes back to the supplier. You don't try and claim from the 10 pence an hour chap that made it in some back street sweatshop in Taiwan !!!

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paul tilley · 12 February 2016, 17:11

I have seen this a few times , once on an avon that was about a year old and also on a set of tubes we made for a German customer last year using orca fabric where some bubbles appeared after about 6 months use in the case of the avon (their own fabric ) we were told to sand off the bubbles and patch over them ,orca gave me the same response In both cases the bubbles only appeared in a small aerea that was under water .

paul tilley · 12 February 2016, 17:19

In reality this is a pointless thread the purchaser of the tubes should be talking to the supplier of the tubes and hope to come to a satisfactory agreement how to overcome the problem

office888 · 12 February 2016, 18:39

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Originally Posted by Wightdiver

Not forgetting that the tube maker is the customer of the material supplier. Its a small industry in the UK, word would soon spread, they will certainly not want to loose a customer or damage their reputation.

Unless of course this is just one of many claims they may have and resolving all of them would send the under.

I'm just pointing out, the tube maker is at the mercy of the material supplier.

It may be a small industry, but the amount of synthetic textile producers in the world is even smaller. The only 3 that come to mind are ARZ, Pennel & Flipo, and Achilles.