Shells stuck to hull
Submitted by Craig J on Wed, 2016-05-25 18:12
Mate left his boat too long in the water. Anyone know how best to remove these without damaging the hull.
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meglodon
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High poressure water jet
Might not get them all of, in that case you are going to have to use a flat scraper and elbow grease.
randall df223
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Scraper and hard work and a
Scraper and hard work and a fresh coat of antifoul afterwards...
Fish! HARD!
chris raff
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Looks like a mobile reef ..
Looks like a mobile reef .. this bloke’s got it sussed though maybe on the hull you’d have to tape the blade up or something
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CCC
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These can be removed with a
These can be removed with a high pressure cleaner but best to get one of the boat lifters to do it. Standard petrol pressure cleaners have no where near enough power.
scano
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This might seem like a random suggestion
would steam help get this off?
that way at least you are not damaging the hull itself. I know steamers were used to remove the lovely hi vis mining vehicle tape, as well as wallpaper of course.
Scano
Madmerv
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Expensive Lesson
I think your mate is just about to learn an expensive lesson.
Even with a high pressure cleaner (10k psi) the base of the barnicles will pull off some of the gelcoat. A couple hundred $$ of anti foul paint could have saved this from happening.
B.O.A.T = Bring Out Another Thousand (or two)
Sometimes when the water is quiet, you can hear the fish laughing at you !
crasny1
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Yip
Im afraid Madmerv is totally correct.
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Madmerv
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Dont be afraid
I have been correct once before and nobody got hurt...Lol
Sometimes when the water is quiet, you can hear the fish laughing at you !
scottnofish
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Google
Sharkbait barnicle remover .looks good