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Originally Posted by bradford
Love seeing and reading about cap off restorations.
I'd post any questions here so everyone else down the road can benefit from others prior experience.
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Very good point bradford.
I did want to share a tip for anyone interested.
The easiest and less messy way I found to remove the foam from the side of the hull is to use a shovel. You basically just dig into the foam and it pops apart in big chunks and there isn't a bunch of dust like you get with a chainsaw or a sander. Each side took me about a 1/2 hour to remove all the foam. I also had those large garbage bags made for putting leaves and grass in. I used them to put the foam inside of and I just put them at the curb after for garbage collection.
Also, what works excellent to remove the remaining pieces of foam is a angle grinder with a wire wheel on it. To get into those hard to reach places a hard bristle wire brush works great.
I also don't plan on putting foam back into the sides. I will cut the edge of the ribs where they meet at the bottom of the hull and the stringers that will allow water to flow back into the bilge.