polishing a turd... whats the easiest way to remove bottom paint
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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
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From: FredVegas, Va
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.
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.
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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
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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.
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.
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