Boot Stripe/graphics Removal
 

Looking for suggestions as to how to best remove striping and chewed up graphics from from 92 V20. Has any one done this?

I know that the gel coat underneath is going to shine like the sun compared to the rest of the hull- have never buffed out the hull before but am game to try if this is something a rookie can do. Any advice here would be appreciated- thanks guys. This forum is awesome!!!!

Heat Gun come right off!! Just make sure you don't burn the boat, move around a lot don't leave in one spot long!!
Once you get started you will be done in no time!

the sign guys aaround here use ovencleaner, spray it on, wait for the vynil to krinkle, then scrape it off with a platic squegee. Seen them do it time and time agian without any harm to the gel. Just go slow, work on small places at a time. and once you've got it clean, spray it off with water before teh oven cleaner drys out

Yea I have heard of the oven cleaner trick, If it drys look out!!:nut:

I took off the bootstripe w/ a hair drier....it came off w/ ease. Lightly compounded were stripe used to be and it looks almost as if it was never there.

i removed the stripes and wellcraft stickers on my 1986 CC.

I tried a heat gun and a razor..extremely stubborn, only little peices would come off
at a times.

i went to an automotive paint supplier who sold me a rubber? wheel you attach to a drill.
this easily peeled off all striping. It heats up as you apply a little pressure and wipes the stickers away. i recall it costs $30.

Thanks
 

OK- thanks guys. One I get this puppy unwrapped and the weather heats up by 30 degrees will get at it. Launch date is only 2 months away.

stripe removal
 

I've taken all but the Wellcraft sticker off mine. Brake cleaner works great. It evaporates really fast, so you have to work in small areas at a time, but it doesn't hurt the gel coat, and the stickers can be scrapped off with a razor blade or plastic putty knife. The razor blade helps get more of the sticky stuff faster. You can look a t my pics and see that it really didn't leave too bad-a-streaks on the boat from the old stickers.

acetone and/or laquer thinner worked well for me. nail polish remover works well too.

Skools, nail polish remover IS Acetone...geez, have I taught you NOTHING?:nut: