Taking the plunge: Bye-bye Bottom Paint
Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2016 3:32 pm
Well, finally taking the plunge and removing my boat's bottom paint. The hull came with the paint on already and it was in poor shape. I guessed what type of paint it was, and and tried to touch it up. I guess I guessed wrong because the new paint didn't stick. A few months went by and the new stuff was almost all gone.
Day one in the books. First chemical stripper which took off maybe half of the paint. Then I tried acetone--hoping it is VC17--and that works but SLOWLY. Now using the 6-inch sander with 150-grit. That seems to be going fast, but I quickly ran out of sandpaper. Either way, I got off enough paint to get a picture of what she will look like with the all paint off and I'm loving it.
Day one in the books. First chemical stripper which took off maybe half of the paint. Then I tried acetone--hoping it is VC17--and that works but SLOWLY. Now using the 6-inch sander with 150-grit. That seems to be going fast, but I quickly ran out of sandpaper. Either way, I got off enough paint to get a picture of what she will look like with the all paint off and I'm loving it.