Bottom paint removal?

[Entourage]

700 bucks for this job. About a half days work. Soda blast.

[CHANCE1234]

I sense a theme here with everyone that's done it saying they'll never do it again. I'm a slow learner and I've never done it so I'm gonna do it the old fashion way. Brute strength and ignorance. It's good for the mind and body. I've done all the scraping with a flimsy putty knife like scraper. I'll get a more stiff scraper this week. Tried the easy off too, but it was cold and did not work for me.

[Islandtrader]

Originally Posted by CHANCE1234

I sense a theme here with everyone that's done it saying they'll never do it again. I'm a slow learner and I've never done it so I'm gonna do it the old fashion way. Brute strength and ignorance. It's good for the mind and body. I've done all the scraping with a flimsy putty knife like scraper. I'll get a more stiff scraper this week. Tried the easy off too, but it was cold and did not work for me.

Stupid is what Stupid Does...

The best paint stripper is your check book...(don't get upset by the above comment, I have been there and done exactly what you are going to do) after you are done you will either agree or say I'm glad I did it...

[martin]

I paid 150 for a guy to help me sand the bottom of my boat... I had a box of 40 grit, 80 gritand 120 grit. the bottom paint was 2-3 layers and believe it or not.. It was the finer grit that removed the paint quicker..it took us 15 hours to sand the entire bottom.. If I had the funds I would have paid to soda blast but. I didn't think 150 was to bad..He did a great job.. btw the guy is a professional cabinet sander. been doing it for 12 years

[ScottM]

I helped my father strip the bottom of his 23 Sceptre 15 years ago. We used Strip-Eze. Like some of the others have mentioned using a gel-type remover, lay it on, let it sit, then scrape off. It's messy as all hell but you don't need brute force to get it done.

A note of caution - if doing this outdoors, don't let sunlight hit the paint stripper while on the boat. It'll melt the gelcoat. We learned that the hard way...luckily it was a very small area and it was addressed right away.

[Jeff79Sceptre]

I just talked to someone at Cesco here in Charleston. He said that there is an attachment that uses a siphon action that hooks to a pressure washer. He said a couple of guys have rented it with great results. It uses glass media. I'm going to give a try as soon as the holidays are over. 4000psi was the recommended pressure.

[Entourage]

Originally Posted by Jeff79Sceptre

I just talked to someone at Cesco here in Charleston. He said that there is an attachment that uses a siphon action that hooks to a pressure washer. He said a couple of guys have rented it with great results. It uses glass media. I'm going to give a try as soon as the holidays are over. 4000psi was the recommended pressure.

I wonder how that would be on the pump on the washer. Or is it a wet blast with the glass media?

[martin]

I think the attachment would be after the pump..I should have tried that on.. I might just do that on my alum bracket... Thanks for the idea

[Jeff79Sceptre]

Yes,it's after the pump. I believe the nozzle is what your renting. The tip would probably be ceramic like sandblasting. The plus side is the water keeps the dust down. Also, my washer has a pressure adjustment so one could fine tune as needed.

[Entourage]

Gotcha. I see now.