Re: Bottom paint removal problem
Patrick McAneny
Eric, I need to remove 20 some years of paint. Do you remember the name of the product you bought from Home Depot ? Was it meant to be used on fiberglass? Have any idea as to the man hours to strip your boat. Thinking I may hire a helper or two and tackle it myself.
Thanks,
Pat
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From: eric freedman <kimberlite@...> To: main <main@AmelYachtOwners.groups.io>; Mark Pitt <mark_pitt@...> Sent: Wed, Feb 26, 2020 12:06 pm Subject: Re: [AmelYachtOwners] Bottom paint removal problem Hi Mark,
After 16 years I had the bottom of Kimberlite cleaned down to the gelcoat. I did not want to use any form of blasting. I had the yard use a chemical stripper available at Home depot to remove paint down to the gelcoat. It took time and multiple applications but it worked and the bottom came up quite clean. I think the paint we removed weighed somewhere between 3 and 400 pounds and it was ablative paint.. I then had the yard apply 4 coats of interprotect . They then applied a hard epoxy blue paint and then 2 coats of black ablative paint. worked great . We hauled this year after 2 years and the bottom was beautiful. I would suggest using the chemical stripper when it is warm as it is a chemical process. Fair Winds, Eric SM 376 Kimberlite On February 25, 2020 at 2:28 PM Mark Pitt <mark_pitt@...> wrote:
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