John, I also have ablative bottom paint on my boat put on by the previous owner who kept her in salt water. How are you removing the paint on your boat? I'd be interested in your experience, since removing the bottom paint is on my to-do list (though not at the top of the list). My boat is now dry-sailed, so I don't need the anti-fouling protection. Good luck, Rick M-17 #633 Lynne L ************** Access 350+ FREE radio stations anytime from anywhere on the web. Get the Radio Toolbar! (http://toolbar.aol.com/aolradio/download.html?ncid=emlcntusdown00000003)
Ditto to this question! I want to take the ablative bottom paint off "Little Breeze" and replace it with hard ...what is the easiest method? Arnold On Apr 29, 2009, at 5:48 AM, JDavies104@aol.com wrote:
John,
I also have ablative bottom paint on my boat put on by the previous owner who kept her in salt water. How are you removing the paint on your boat? I'd be interested in your experience, since removing the bottom paint is on my to-do list (though not at the top of the list). My boat is now dry-sailed, so I don't need the anti-fouling protection.
Good luck,
Rick M-17 #633 Lynne L
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Technically the easiest method would be to take it to a local boatyard and break out the checkbook. :-) I have removed ablative bottom paint off of a ranger 23 using a random orbital sander, good respirator and a paint suit with hood. It really is a messy job. I looked at some of the chemical peel methods and watched the progress of a guy trying to use this method on his boat and decided that it wasn't really any easier then sanding since he had to do quite a bit of that anyway. On the montgomery boats with the lapstrake I imagine makes removal even more difficult. There are places that will soda blast, (like sandblasting only using baking soda) which seems to work well, the soda is a lot easier on the fiberglass then sandblasting would be. This to me seems like an easier method then sanding and is probably the route I will take when it comes time to do the bottom of my monty followed by an epoxy barrier coat. --Chad On Apr 29, 2009, at 10:40 AM, Arnold Sharpe wrote:
Ditto to this question! I want to take the ablative bottom paint off "Little Breeze" and replace it with hard ...what is the easiest method? Arnold On Apr 29, 2009, at 5:48 AM, JDavies104@aol.com wrote:
John,
I also have ablative bottom paint on my boat put on by the previous owner who kept her in salt water. How are you removing the paint on your boat? I'd be interested in your experience, since removing the bottom paint is on my to-do list (though not at the top of the list). My boat is now dry-sailed, so I don't need the anti-fouling protection.
Good luck,
Rick M-17 #633 Lynne L
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I've been following this discussion but I am a little confused. I use ablative bottom paint on my M17 and thought the purpose of it was that it wears off on it's own as it is used up. I know my does. I have to apply a new coat every couple of years. When I got my boat it had hard bottom paint which I removed with the softening stuff and plastic sheets. You slop on the softening agent they cover with the plastic sheets. You take off the sheets and then can scrape off the bottom paint. It was messy but it worked. I did it in my driveway over a big plastic tarp. Didn't get any on the driveway but this was several years ago and now I'm not sure how you could dispose of the plastic that was used on the boat or the softened paint that you removed. I'm happy with the ablative paint on my boat because I can remove it when I need to. I should think you would just be able to scrub it off. ken M17 306 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chad Parrish" <cparrish@fafnirnet.net> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 9:18 AM Subject: Re: M_Boats: Bottom Paint
Technically the easiest method would be to take it to a local boatyard and break out the checkbook. :-) I have removed ablative bottom paint off of a ranger 23 using a random orbital sander, good respirator and a paint suit with hood. It really is a messy job. I looked at some of the chemical peel methods and watched the progress of a guy trying to use this method on his boat and decided that it wasn't really any easier then sanding since he had to do quite a bit of that anyway. On the montgomery boats with the lapstrake I imagine makes removal even more difficult. There are places that will soda blast, (like sandblasting only using baking soda) which seems to work well, the soda is a lot easier on the fiberglass then sandblasting would be. This to me seems like an easier method then sanding and is probably the route I will take when it comes time to do the bottom of my monty followed by an epoxy barrier coat.
--Chad
On Apr 29, 2009, at 10:40 AM, Arnold Sharpe wrote:
Ditto to this question! I want to take the ablative bottom paint off "Little Breeze" and replace it with hard ...what is the easiest method? Arnold On Apr 29, 2009, at 5:48 AM, JDavies104@aol.com wrote:
John,
I also have ablative bottom paint on my boat put on by the previous owner who kept her in salt water. How are you removing the paint on your boat? I'd be interested in your experience, since removing the bottom paint is on my to-do list (though not at the top of the list). My boat is now dry-sailed, so I don't need the anti-fouling protection.
Good luck,
Rick M-17 #633 Lynne L
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Hopefully the ablative paint was applied over a good number of barrier coats of something like an epoxy sealer. Start with a good powerwashing. Follow up with a red 3M scouring pad being carefull to not get below the epoxy. And then finally sand. It will be at this point that you will absolutely hate the lap strake design. Just don't penetrate the gelcoat. Joe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Arnold Sharpe" <afsharpe@mac.com> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 11:40 AM Subject: Re: M_Boats: Bottom Paint
Ditto to this question! I want to take the ablative bottom paint off "Little Breeze" and replace it with hard ...what is the easiest method? Arnold On Apr 29, 2009, at 5:48 AM, JDavies104@aol.com wrote:
John,
I also have ablative bottom paint on my boat put on by the previous owner who kept her in salt water. How are you removing the paint on your boat? I'd be interested in your experience, since removing the bottom paint is on my to-do list (though not at the top of the list). My boat is now dry-sailed, so I don't need the anti-fouling protection.
Good luck,
Rick M-17 #633 Lynne L
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