I'm cleaning the bottom this week. I found that using a green Scotch pad and a bucket gets it clean enough to recoat. At least that's the advice I've been given by a number of local yards. I thought you had to get all the old ablative paint off first but they look at me like I'm nuts. Joe SeaFrog M17 651 ----- Original Message ----- From: Bill Wickett To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2011 10:46 AM Subject: Re: M_Boats: Bottom paint Hi Rick, I have much the same. Old paint from PO, and now I trailer sail it. Considered removing it, but that is a lot of work with all the strakes to get around. The Admiral says forget it. It only looks like crap on the trailer. In the water who knows? So I am living with it...for a while longer. Was suggested to me that a pressure washer may take a lot of it down, then maybe I would get into stripper, sanding etc. Would love it to be just bare gel coat, but I am sure that once it is stripped, it will need "something". Maybe a hard 2 part finish? Bill Makin' Time M17 #622 On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 9:42 AM, Rick Davies <jdavies104@gmail.com> wrote:
I sent out the cry for help below a few days ago. Since nobody answered I thought that it might have got lost in the mail so I'm giving it one more try.
Thanks,
Rick M-17 #633 Lynne L
On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 9:14 AM, Rick Davies <jdavies104@gmail.com> wrote:
My boat was kept for two years in salt water by the original owner, who painted the bottom with a copper-colored ablative bottom paint. I have trailer-sailed the boat for almost four years in fresh water, and the paint is now showing its age, besides making a big mess when washed with On and Off. Does anyone have any advice about how to remove the old ablative paint and what it should be replaced with? I was thinking of sanding, but the recent posts on gelcoat damage from sanding are making me rethink that and ask for help.
Thanks,
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