anyone see any problem with using just the hard antifouling over top my prepd surface... i think whats left on it will be enough of a barrier coat..

1+ if you do good prep work and then good hard antifouling you will be good to go.

Get a can of easy bake oven cleaner.... spray it on there see what happens.......you will be pleased....dont get the cheap stuff

yea ive used strippers and razor blades before on stuff with 7-9 layer on it before and it worked great for gettin all of it off

for this its only a 1 base and primer i want to blend and recoat im gona stick it out with the sanding granted if it was super thick or layerd like no other id be stripping it off

Jason...buy or borrow the best respirator you can get you hands on and cover up really good. That mess is NASTY and will make you sick as a damn dog for days.

You don't have to get really serious with the sanding. Get the worst spots sanded and spot primed and get the rest cleaned up enough for paint to stick to it. Get a couple of cans of Interlux or something good...put it on in sections with a small roller. It's self leveling and turns out pretty good. Pace yourself and don't try to get it all done at once.

I did my 40 Foot Sea Ray a few years ago...I don't want to fool with it again.

it is worse than nasty. why do you think marine life won't stick to it? it is POISON!!! barnacles are smarter than us! they don't go near it. DON'T BREATHE IT!!!

I had a 242 with really thick nasty bottom paint! I stripped all off, I tried everything, pettit, back to nature, west marine, nothing worked as good as Behr deck stripper from Home Depot. It didn't harm the fiberglass at all. Just rent a good powerwasher with a rototip nozzle. The stripper is $20 a gallon and you may go through 6 gallons.

If you get all the paint off first, OR prime and barrier coat over the ablative, then you can put the hard bottom paint on. The only paint you should put over ablative is more ablative. Trust me, I have been down this road before.

The white could be the original gell. That is how formula painted them back then.

If your going to go thru all the trouble to strip it all off and blend it in, why not just have it painted with some good shiney paint( I don't paint so I don't know what product to use) and be done with it. You did say that it's a trailer queen now right? A few days left in the water on an occasional trip shoouldn't hurt it. Bottom paint blows for looks, speed, and maintenence. Do it once and be done with it. Just my 2 cents.