soda blasting

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Originally posted by rawidman

A boat yard can be held responsible for what happens on its property including polution, hazzardous materials entering the environment, and it can be held liable for accidents and injuries to workers, other boats, and boat owners and guests.

This is the reason many boat yards and marinas limit the work that can be done on boats by owners or outside contractors. Not all boat yards and marinas have this policy but many do and more are doing it as they begin to understand their liability risks.

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It has nothing to do with liability as it does about getting kick back.
 
Interestingly, while talking to the owner of the company that soda blasted my boat, he indicated that it is likely sometime in 2013 the media and paint from the boats will be considered hazardous waste and disposal will be manifested. He said it will knock the little fly-by-night guys out of business, and increase the cost more than 2X.
guess I am glad I did mine this year.
Mike
 
They can do it in your back yard and no gov't agency will know it.
They will only know what has been done on the boat yards.
 
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Originally posted by Mike_R

Interestingly, while talking to the owner of the company that soda blasted my boat, he indicated that it is likely sometime in 2013 the media and paint from the boats will be considered hazardous waste .......
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It's just as hazardous today as it will be next year. You don't want to be around this stuff without proper protective gear and you don't want it drifting where it will contaminate the air, soil, or water.

As for doing it in your back yard, that's the last place I want hazardous waste (except for actually inside my house). And of course, some of us don't have the option of working on our boats in our back yards.
 
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