Use a chemical stripper to get the bulk of the antifoul off. Some details and suggestions (many other reviews of strippers can be found by searching Practical Sailor's site) - https://www.practical-sailor.com/brief/past-adventures-with-chemical-strippe... Your fix for delamination is fine. Is the cockpit floor actually flexing? :: Dave Scobie :: M6'8" #650 :: Baba 30 #233 DEJA VU :: SV SWALLOW - sv-swallow.com <<-- FOR SALE! :: former owner M17 #375 SWEET PEA - m17-375.com :: former owner M15 #288 SCRED - m15namedscred.wordpress.com On Sat, Jul 9, 2022, 7:10 AM E Blohm via montgomery_boats < montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> wrote:
I went to pickup my M-17 from the sandblaster yesterday and they didn’t even start on it! The owner of business was not present so I pulled it home thinking $900 was a little steep for paint removal anyway Maybe it was a blessing in disguise?
I think I’ll just remove it myself and save $$$.
I guess the options for DIY are Sanding/Scraping Or Chemically removing bottom paint. If anyone has a method please share.
I drilled 3 exploratory holes under cockpit floor yesterday and the interior core is bone dry despite many spider cracks in the non-skid and a subtle cracking sound when walking on it. I’ve been reading a bunch on Fiberglass repair and it seems like a simple delaminatiom. The one technique recommended is to use thinned epoxy injected into holes in the non-skid @3’ apart over delam area (pretty much all of it). Then sand and epoxy/paint. Does that seem like a good solution?
I have all the supplies now to start transom repair which I hope to start Monday.
Erik
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