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Bottom paint removal
Posted: Sun Sep 08, 2013 3:11 pm
by Marc Gershel
Has anyone come up with an easier way of doing this (sanding), other than paying to have it done?
Marc
Re: Bottom paint removal
Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 9:32 am
by SecondWind
No. Possibly free beer?
Re: Bottom paint removal
Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 11:06 am
by thinwater
2-season soft paint, used to completion each cycle. A few scrubs with berber carpet squares and a plastic scraper in spots. In this manner, you can go 20 years without build-up. Let it wear down to underlying paint. I've done it.
Re: Bottom paint removal
Posted: Tue Sep 10, 2013 9:43 am
by Marc Gershel
Oh well. I was hoping to hear about using a paint remover like PeelAway. I guess it's not as easy as they make it sound. I have aout 15 layers to remove. UGH!
Marc
Re: Bottom paint removal
Posted: Tue Sep 10, 2013 10:56 am
by Page 83
I had that much or more bottom paint removed by a soda-blaster. I then rolled on 6 thin coats of InterProtect® 2000E Barrier Coat System and two coats of ablative bottom paint. That added 10 knots to our cruise speed, I estimate.*
*Take two grains of salt and think about me in the morning....