Removing bottom paint
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He has a few options.
He can have it soda blasted, which may or may not effect the gel coat, depending on the blaster. He then get dirty sanding, then sanding some more, then sanding some more and then polishing polishing
He can dirty and use a 4" push scraper to get it off, then sand, sand, sand, and polish
He can paint it with white bottom paint and forget about it.
He can use chemical strippers. These are very much temperature (read weather) dependent and they only seem to work in the weather in which you want to be boating. There are many on the market, and I have tried just about all of them with very mixed results.
No matter how you look at it, it is a labor intensive job and getting the paint off is only part of the battle.
He can have it soda blasted, which may or may not effect the gel coat, depending on the blaster. He then get dirty sanding, then sanding some more, then sanding some more and then polishing polishing
He can dirty and use a 4" push scraper to get it off, then sand, sand, sand, and polish
He can paint it with white bottom paint and forget about it.
He can use chemical strippers. These are very much temperature (read weather) dependent and they only seem to work in the weather in which you want to be boating. There are many on the market, and I have tried just about all of them with very mixed results.
No matter how you look at it, it is a labor intensive job and getting the paint off is only part of the battle.
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I second the option of painting with white bottom paint. It will never look right if you simply remove it since they probably sanded the gelcoat to get the paint to adhere in the first place.
I would sand or soda blast and then re-paint with pettit vivid white bottom paint.
I would sand or soda blast and then re-paint with pettit vivid white bottom paint.
Going back to gel won't look right.
If the paint was applied properly, the gel coat will no longer by shiny when you get the bottom paint off. To make it shiny, will also make it wafer thin, which you also don't want.
Strip it to gel and re-paint with something that will look nice (and do a nice job)
If the paint was applied properly, the gel coat will no longer by shiny when you get the bottom paint off. To make it shiny, will also make it wafer thin, which you also don't want.
Strip it to gel and re-paint with something that will look nice (and do a nice job)
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I asked a dealer several years ago about removing bottom paint. He said they had done a boat around 20 feet a year or so before that and the cost was $1,800. Again, that was SEVERAL years ago.
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There is an old saying in boating
The best way to remove bottom paint is with your check book.