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Well, after one year and three weeks I am finailly ready to "flip" the hull and remove the bottom paint and do some cosmetic work to the bottom .
How do I remove the bottom paint ? Sand it ? Strip it ? Man, strippper is so very expensive . Any help will do. Any health dangers to sanding that stuff ?

After all that I am going to prime and paint the bottom and below waterline parts and them flip her back over and put all 18 ft of her back on the trailer and paint the sides.

You need to sand with 180 grit ,gives new paint something to hold to. AND YES WEAR A RESPIRATOR. Ablative paint has Copper in it which You dont want to breath! It'll choke a Mule

I just read to use easy off oven cleaner and a plastic scraper. I want to take all the old bottom paint off. I do not want to use bottom paint. This boat will sit on a trailer .

If you use Easy Off, make sure you wear rubber gloves(the thick kind) and don't breath it directly in. It'll take your breath away.

You got that right !

Not sure I would use easy off it might eat more than the bottom paint...Sanding is probably the safest option IMO.

Easy Off will dissolve the gel coat. Ask me how I know.

tin can wrote:Easy Off will dissolve the gel coat. Ask me how I know.

That it will. If your boat has been painted,more than likely it has already been sanded and just cleaning off paint will leave swirl marks with paint embedded in them. Been there,done that. Sand that baby. 180 first,then 320 then 600 then buff or jell coat. If jellcoating skip 600 and buffing

Yeah, I agree. I will sand it . Just cant be to sure about useing oven cleaner. It will cost me around 45 bucks to sand it and well over 100 clams to buy the right type of stripper and then I will still have to sand it.
Thanks for all the help guys !

Sanded it this weekennd. 20 + hrs. Done, done and DONE... Glad thats over with.......... Looks great !!!

anyone know of a good place to get a boat sanded down then clearcoated?