I have a really faded, terribly brush painted name on the side of my boat i'd like remove, has anybody done that lately, had any luck, what can i use???

Easy Off oven cleaner.

Easy-off will do it. Get a plastic pot-scrubber to help break down the old paint- sometimes thick areas require a second or third app. Do not wet the area in advance. Have paper towels and a garbage bag handy to wipe up the goo. If you have a boot stripe or bottom paint, don't let it run down onto it. The oven cleaner will sometimes discolor the gelcoat- if this happens, pour some bleach on a rag and wipe the affected area.

Ditto-Easy Off

whats the secret with the easy off, i tried this with no luck, maybe it was just no pateince, whats the trick

Would paint remover hurt the gel coat??????

I used a razor blade on the painted on numbers on my boat. I had a lot of time to do and it took a long time to do. Be very careful and use a lot of blades to keep from gouging the gell.

Buffing compound and buffer works ,try to start with light duty compound,if need be go to heaver duty compound.

A little acetone/compound mix on a buffer works well also. No matter what you use the name will leave it mark on the side of the boat. The gelcoat won't be faded under the name and the fiberglass didn't expand and shrink like the rest of the boat while it was shaded from the sun by the name. You can usually feel where the name was by running your fingers across the hull.

does this also work to remove vinyle ?

jr mike