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Unread 03-30-2017, 12:03 PM
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Talking to my father in law tonight he's curious on this soda blasting. He has a 17' Maycraft he'd like to remove bottom paint from and not reapply as well. He talked about buying a soda blaster and doing it himself. Anyone tried it themselves. I'm sure it will be a small portable unit. Just don't know if the cost of the material is worth it. Guess I'd have to get a quote on getting the boat done. I'm starting to wonder now if I could do the hull sides as well and restore all the gelcoat. That'd be ideal to me.
There was a guy on seastriper.com that did the bottom on a 2301 Striper he was selling. He did just what destroyer did, harbor freight set up, but he tented it. He then sanded and polished the bottom. It was pretty labor intensive.
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