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Old 03-19-2003, 08:02 PM
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I hear people talk about having boats sandblasted. As a "sandblaster" myself, I would think that this would chew the hell out of fiberglass
Does anyone on the board do this type of work?
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Old 03-19-2003, 08:07 PM
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I have heard of walnut(I think) sandblasting. Maybe slingshot will chime in. I know that he and his brother do this type of work and he was telling me about blasting with walnut shells I think...
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Old 03-19-2003, 08:13 PM
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I used a pressure washer with a sandblastin attachment to blast the bottom paint off a boat I have. It worked well, with only a couple spot on points that I got a little deep on.

The second boat, I had the bottom paint bead blasted off. It was much rougher than the sandblasting. I had to sand it back smooth afterwards.
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Old 03-19-2003, 08:18 PM
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Just curious as what your thinking of sandblasting ..Old paint , prep for new , bottom paint etc.. Id think it would be good for old bottom paint removal..They say a satin finish is faster than super gloss anyway..I like the fine sand for metal parts ..
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Old 03-19-2003, 08:46 PM
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Pantera, I am not blasting anything right now but, I do blast and paint work on construction and other eqipment as a side job and would like to expand into boat work if possible.
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Old 03-19-2003, 08:53 PM
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Id think you would find more trailers that needed it than boats IMHO just an idea
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Old 03-19-2003, 08:56 PM
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PLASTIC MEDIA BLASTING WORKS AWESOME, SAND IS ROUGH YOU CAN DO IT ON ALUMINUM BOATS AND STEEL HAVE DONE SOME OF THEM, WOULDNT DARE TRY IT ON FIBERGLASS
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Old 03-19-2003, 09:36 PM
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slingshot does this strip off gellcoat to bare fiberglass? Also w/plastic media do you have to use any nozzles or pot pressures that would be different than regular sand?

Pantera, I have done many trailers.
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Old 03-20-2003, 04:29 AM
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Over in the UK I had anti fouling removed by high pressure mix of baking powder and water fired out of a nozzle by an industrial compressor - it left the fibreglass completely untouched, but removed all of the anti fouling. I hope that helps a little?
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Soda blasting is often done on Vettes.
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