[alberg30] Re: bottom paint

[George Dinwiddie]

From: George Dinwiddie <gdinwiddie at min.net>

Gordon,

If you sandblast the bottom, I think you're going to have a major
restoration project to refair the bottom.  It will eat up the
gelcoat.  I think the best way to remove old paint is the scraper.
Keeping the scraper very sharp (frequent filing) is the key.  That
said, it's still hard work.  I did about 1/3 of our boat, two
years ago, before giving up and paying the yard about $300 to do
the rest.  I don't want to do that again, so have switched to
an ablative bottom paint.

 - George

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  George Dinwiddie                                  gdinwiddie at min.net
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