Stripping bottom paint

[Disturbed]

I must say. I completely sanded and repainted the bottom of my V20 a couple months back. It came out super nice in the black color I painted it. I tried using the AC stripper and a pressure washer and just didn't have much luck. I ended up using muscle and a Dewalt and sanded the entire thing by hand.

I'm about to turn 37 years old. One thing I've learned over the years is that I'm better off just paying someone else to do certain things. Ive always been a very hands on guy and love doing most things myself, but one thing I can say with absolute certainty is that I will DEFINITELY pay someone else to do my bottom paint the next time. Oh, I've also given up on cutting my own lawn and trimming the trees. I rather enjoy watching a truck pull up, 10 people get out, and in a matter of 15 minutes they've cut, trimmed, edged, and blown away the grass. All while I drink a beer a watch them through my patio doors in the AC. LMAO..

I'm sure in the end, you will appreciate the job much more by doing it yourself. It's a sense of personal satisfaction. But screw that!! I'm perfectly satisfied helping the economy and paying one of my fellow working class buddies to do it for me!!

[spareparts]

some of the guys around here are repainting the bottoms with teflon/epoxy bottom paint(no antifoulant) for use on sail boats, they don't list white, but the tint-able base is a flat white paint. On an older boat with bottom paint scars, it hides a bunch http://www.jamestowndistributors.com...ct.do?pid=2330

[jasoncooperpcola]

Well I did not finish it yesterday. Thunderstorms ran me back inside. The rest of the country is going thru a drought and Florida the Sunshine State has gotten rain every day for the past month? I am finding a little bit of gelcoat damage that was covered by the bottom paint based on the fiberglass being blue inside the damaged spots. Its mostly on the strakes. I have found blue green yellow and red bottom paint in different areas. I will get what I can with the stripper and pressure washer. But i think i will have to sand the entire keel to get rid of the bottom paint there. I am starting back at welding class today so I will have the weekend days only to work on it now as i deliver pizza at night.

[jasoncooperpcola]

Originally Posted by spareparts

some of the guys around here are repainting the bottoms with teflon/epoxy bottom paint(no antifoulant) for use on sail boats, they don't list white, but the tint-able base is a flat white paint. On an older boat with bottom paint scars, it hides a bunch http://www.jamestowndistributors.com...ct.do?pid=2330

Spare i was planning to use the vc epoxy. So its good to get a recommendation on it.

[jasoncooperpcola]

Ok I worked the entire weekend and yesterday at a remodel, so my boss gave me the day off. without pay. So in honor of Labor Day i got back on stripping the bottom paint. After almost getting my truck stuck trying to pull the boat around, I got the boat half way off the trailer on a block in the back.
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Other side:


I still have the keel to do, It has been the hardest part, I have a half gallon of Aircraft Stripper left. Once I "break" the top layer the rest peels right off on the next layer. Paint chips were flying everywhere once I got the pressure washer running wide open.

[Kracker Jack]

That looks like a royal PITA!!!!

[jasoncooperpcola]

Originally Posted by Kracker Jack

That looks like a royal PITA!!!!

It is. I havent even started the worst part which is the keel. I am gonna hit it all fast with 40 grit paper to break it then maybe the stripper can penetrate.

[jasoncooperpcola]

I am dead set on finishing all the bottom paint removal today. Even though we have a 60% chance of rain and have already seen 100% of that. I put the bimini top on the boat and stretched a big tarp over it and tied it off so i can work in the dry. My goal is to run a 3m paint stripper wheel over the keel area and then apply stripper and hopefully it will penetrate.