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Old 11-02-2016 | 11:05 PM
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Originally Posted by phragle
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
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Old 11-03-2016 | 05:29 AM
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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
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Old 11-03-2016 | 06:23 AM
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Pressure washer with a turbo tip will get the bulk of it. Sand it from there...
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Old 11-03-2016 | 06:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Black Baja
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?
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Old 11-03-2016 | 06:40 AM
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Fiberglass paint remover. Paint shops sell it. Works great
doesn't eat gelcoat like regular paint remover
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Old 11-03-2016 | 07:10 AM
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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.
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Old 11-03-2016 | 07:35 AM
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Possibly an electro-static removal process??
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Old 11-03-2016 | 08:13 AM
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Originally Posted by MonkeySea2
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.
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Old 11-03-2016 | 11:41 AM
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delete post, don't want to high jack thread.

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Old 11-03-2016 | 05:32 PM
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Originally Posted by iliveonanisland
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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