polishing a turd... whats the easiest way to remove bottom paint
 

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

This can be done with media blasting, do a Google search in your area for dustless paint removal. There are companies that provide the service.

Liberal use of high explosives.

I just got done removing some from my gf's F13 Fantasy I'm are redoing.

I used Easy Off oven cleaner heavy duty in the yellow can. Sprayed it on and let it sit a minute or so and used a razor scraper to scrape it off, and repeat.

Its gonna be a PITA any way you do it, unless you pay to have someone blast it like mentioned above. I could only get the Easy Off to work good if I used it in small areas at a time....say 18"x18" and depending on how many layers you may have to repeat it twice, I did anyway.

Didnt seem to hurt the gel coat at all, which didnt matter b/c we're gonna paint it anyway.

Good luck, I know what a pain it was to do a 13' boat, I cant imagine doing one the size youre working on.

Not in this turdworld chithole where my boat is. Im at the closest landmas to my island there is not much here christ the town doesnt even have a proper hohouse lol

I was thinking of trying 60 grit on a belt sander figured i could add a little rocker while im at it

Yeah it sucks no media blasting here. Im gonna try grinding and sanding playing aroumg with diggetemt grits im painting it too just dont want to gouge it up all over and create more work

A local marina here had a special wand for their pressure washer. It ran sand and water at the same time. Took barnacles and bottom paint off quick and easy. I will see if I can find out who makes it.

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....

Thx a bunch