Question for GlassDave: Crushed Glass Media Blasting
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Question for GlassDave: Crushed Glass Media Blasting
I'm in the middle of tearing out rotten stringers inside a 22 ft boat. There is a very heavy gelcoat build up inside of the boat that I want to get off but is turning out to be difficult with my grinder. I talked to a soda blaster and he said that the soda probably would not do a good job stripping the gelcoat. He recommended crushed glass blasting. Is there any issue with this, i.e. will having crushed glass residue in the boat have a negative effect on my laminations when I build it back up?
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i agree blasting wont cut it and will most likely be a pretty big mess to deal with. You need to get industrial quality grinding disks of at least 24 grit. Unfortunatly its the only way. I would use the larger disks though and a grinder in the four to six thousand rpm range.
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