Shells stuck to hull

Mate left his boat too long in the water. Anyone know how best to remove these without damaging the hull.

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Wed, 2016-05-25 18:42

Might not get them all of, in that case you are going to have to use a flat scraper and elbow grease.

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Scraper and hard work and a

Wed, 2016-05-25 18:46

Scraper and hard work and a fresh coat of antifoul afterwards...

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 Looks like a mobile reef ..

Wed, 2016-05-25 19:06

 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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 These can be removed with a

Wed, 2016-05-25 19:56

 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. 

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This might seem like a random suggestion

Wed, 2016-05-25 21:08

 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. 

 

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Thu, 2016-05-26 04:47

 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.

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Yip

Thu, 2016-05-26 12:19

Im afraid Madmerv is totally correct.

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Dont be afraid

Fri, 2016-05-27 05:41

 I have been correct once before and nobody got hurt...Lol

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Fri, 2016-05-27 06:33

 Sharkbait barnicle remover  .looks good