[Public-List] removing bottom paint

[john & cathie coultis]

I'd like to take the bottom paint right down this year.  It's time.

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> George,
> Are you near a marina with a high pressure wash down system? Usually you 
> can get rid of a lot of bottom paint by high pressure wash down. Scraping 
> the flaky stuff works, then afterwards I use an orbital sander with 80 
> grit paper - connected to a 12 - 15 gal shop vac to grind down to near the 
> gell coat. A shop vac hose is made to fit over the exhaust port of most 
> orbital sanders and does a very good job of collecting the sanding 
> residue.
>
>
> good luck!
>
>
> Glenn B
> S/V Dolce
> # 319
>
>
>
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> From: "George Dinwiddie" <gdinwiddie at alberg30.org>
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> Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 12:27:35 PM
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>
> Roger,
>
> On 3/14/11 3:19 PM, Roger L. Kingsland wrote:
>> And thoughts on getting large sections (perhaps all) of the bottom paint
>> off? If paint remover, what type and how many coats are typical. Has
>> anyone used the applied sheets of paint remover? Has anyone tried soda
>> blasting, which I understand is more gentle than sand blasting?
>
> I find a flat scraper (such as http://bit.ly/emY8vD), frequently
> sharpened with a file, works about the best of anything I've tried.
> It's still a LOT of work.
>
> - George
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