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iliveonanisland 11-02-2016 11:05 PM


Originally Posted by phragle (Post 4497158)
Dude... bottom paint dust is some evil sh!t.. you dont want to be breathing it etc... You lungs , eyes etc will more than thank you for hiring some deplorable to do it for you....

Bro its not dusting much at all it gums up into a ball and falls off its like in never cured and its been on there ober a year and a half weird stuff

snapmorgan 11-03-2016 05:29 AM

I removed the bottom paint from a boat that bought with on and off hull cleaner, a pressure washer and a red scotchbrite pad. Came off fairly easy. It took me maybe 4 hours to do the hull on a 23' boat

Black Baja 11-03-2016 06:23 AM

Pressure washer with a turbo tip will get the bulk of it. Sand it from there...

iliveonanisland 11-03-2016 06:37 AM


Originally Posted by Black Baja (Post 4497213)
Pressure washer with a turbo tip will get the bulk of it. Sand it from there...

Whats the turbo tip a reducer to up the pressure?

B38 11-03-2016 06:40 AM

Fiberglass paint remover. Paint shops sell it. Works great
doesn't eat gelcoat like regular paint remover

MonkeySea2 11-03-2016 07:10 AM

years ago I used a gel type bottom paint remover on a 21' boat. I used a brush to paint the gel on, let it sit for a few minutes, then the paint scraped off. Very messy but effective.

phragle 11-03-2016 07:35 AM

Possibly an electro-static removal process??

offshore312 11-03-2016 08:13 AM


Originally Posted by MonkeySea2 (Post 4497224)
years ago I used a gel type bottom paint remover on a 21' boat. I used a brush to paint the gel on, let it sit for a few minutes, then the paint scraped off. Very messy but effective.

I removed bottom paint from the Stinger 312 this way, word of caution - wear rubber gloves. The stuff I used had a mild acid content and WILL give you acid burns.

Biff 11-03-2016 11:41 AM

delete post, don't want to high jack thread.

activator40 11-03-2016 05:32 PM


Originally Posted by iliveonanisland (Post 4497071)
Turning my pos 30ft cargo boat into a 39 pass people hauler so its vetting painted top and bottom inside and out and damn its a pita sandinv off the bottom paint with a da and 80grit... and suggestions guys. Thx i advance rm

It all depends on how much build up is on the hull. You can have it soda blasted or walnut shell blasted or even sand blasted but you might be opening up a whole can of worms and opening up a lot of voids or finding unwanted delamination.If you blast it you will need to gelcoat it or apply 4 to 5 coats of al 2000/2001 which needs to be a certain thickness In order for the manufacture to warranty the product and then apply 2 coats of an ablative bottom paint..You can sand it but if you use a course grit paper be careful you don't sand through .Interlux does make a stripper for removing bottom paint which can be rolled on and hosed off but if you have years of buildup you will need to do several applications


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