Plastic media blasting is much easier on the fiberglass than sandblasting. Either must be done VERY carefully. I used to sand the paint off when I was in the business ( horrible for the worker, environment and anything near!) Are you going to store the boat in the water? Only reason for bottom paint- I would avoid it at all costs if you can dry sail the boat- dry sail is cheaper, cleaner and MUCH easier on all parts of the boat. Not sure of your situation. Just my one cents worth! Good luck have fun,go sailing! GO On Sat, Jul 9, 2022 at 7:23 AM Dave Scobie <scoobscobie@gmail.com> wrote:
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?
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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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