[Public-list] Bottom stripping

[George Dinwiddie]

Dan,

Well, the *good* thing about such high costs is that it'll drive you to 
drink.

  - George

dan walker wrote:
> sure glad i don't race. 1500----that just covers the booze at the last wedding. 4 more to go.
> 
> Mike Lehman <sail_505 at hotmail.com> wrote:  Don,
> 
> There is a company in Annapolis that soda blasts boats. I called them about 
> removing paint only. They said they could do that. They had a 6-month 
> backlog, and they charge $ 1,500 to do a 30 foot sailboat.
> 
> 
> 
> Mike Lehman
> ~~~_/)_/)~~_/)~~~
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: Don Campbell 
> Reply-To: Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all 
> 
> 
> To: jlembo at scwwa.org,Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all 
> 
> 
> Subject: Re: [Public-list] Bottom stripping
> Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 12:16:10 -0400
> 
> I had a company in to soda blast the hull and it worked really well. The
> crystals are about 10 times bigger than the Cow Brand in the fridge and
> they work from the energy of the exploding crystal when it hits the
> hull. There is no abrasion to gelcoat. The tools are the same as for
> sandblasting but the usage is about 60 lbs an hour. It took about 3
> hours by the time things were set up and dismantled. The most common
> place to find a soda blaster is in the sandblasters or reconstruction
> contractors section of the yellow pages or your fire insurance company
> adjuster, because soda is used to clean up fire damage.
> I did have to sand the gelcoat to get a bond for the barrier coat I
> used. -Still have all my friends and no drain on the beer supply!
> Don #528
> 
> Joel Lembo wrote:
>> Has anyone used the Peel Away product on the Alberg 30? If so how much 
> did
>> it actually take to do the job?

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