Boat paint removal
Submitted by willo64 on Sun, 2018-01-07 09:23
Hi All, what would be the best method to take a painted Ali boat back to bare Ali and to leave it unpainted and would you have to finish it off some way so it looks ok. Cheers
surge
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paint stripper,remove all
paint stripper,remove all the paint and if you want you can buzz the ali back with 400 wet on a sander and clear coat over the ali will come up mint,i have my own spray painting panel beating buisness in rockingham
sea-kem
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Is there a certain brand?
Is there a certain brand?
Love the West!
surge
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of paint stripper?not really
of paint stripper?not really mate they all work preety good
sea-kem
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Ok mate cheers, I just
Ok mate cheers, I just thought to remove marine 2 pack you'd need something specialised.
Love the West!
willo64
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Date Joined: 27/06/11
Thanks
so it would be better than some type of blasting the paint off as it is a reasonable size boat
surge
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if you blast it you wont get
if you blast it you wont get a smooth finish,it will pit the ali...
travis89
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will the paint stripper break
will the paint stripper break down the all filler? i know my boad has alot of it almost 3mm in some places.
linoc
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I just did this between xmas
I just did this between xmas & new year (all those windy days, thought I'd get into in while on break from work).
Mine had a crappy diy fitout, I'm doing a new fit-out so full strip including wiring. Found original mustard colour done prior to fit-out, then had white rolled & brushed after fit-out, looked like crap.
Did a lot of googling/reasearch re stripping, read other forums with similar Q's, majority response was to save the stress & pain, get it Soda Blasted!
Well with most tradies/factories etc also on break I did'nt have that option, worried about certain chemicals on ali I bought 4lts of paint stripper from a specialist paint supplier (automotive etc) on the Saturday, spent all day/dusk on it, all 4ltrs, only looked half done.
There closed Sunday so I grab a couple of cans of spray from Supercheap, barley touched it.
Off to Bunnings, 4ltrs of Polystrippa, another full day applying, scrapping, power washing etc & I'm still not fully satisfied with the result.
So with hindsight, In the end when I add up cost of stripper, water, elec, back & forth to shops, burning to skin, sore hands etc etc etc, I would have waited for everyone to go back to work, spent ~$400 to get it Soda Blasted while I did something else.