Bottom Paint Removal:
June 8
Scraping the bottom paint proved futile. After trying to scrape it, we were seduced by West Marine safety strip which sounded much nicer than grinding.
June 18
Did a test patch with the safety strip. It seems to take off the first layer ok, and then it dries out. Should we cover it with plastic and let it steep a little longer? Removed the winches while we were thinking of things to do. They are very classic and should polish up nicely. They need backing plates, and were mounted with mismatched bolts.
July 28
Have admitted defeat with the stripper and resorted to grinding. Corey’s friend and former housemate Scotty loaned us his Makita dustless grinder and Corey is lying under the boat, grinding away in slow agony, wishing he was almost anywhere else, doing almost anything else. Heather is chipping all the old glass of the keel, which she doesn’t like too much, but Corey is jealous…
Scraping the bottom paint proved futile. After trying to scrape it, we were seduced by West Marine safety strip which sounded much nicer than grinding.
June 18
Did a test patch with the safety strip. It seems to take off the first layer ok, and then it dries out. Should we cover it with plastic and let it steep a little longer? Removed the winches while we were thinking of things to do. They are very classic and should polish up nicely. They need backing plates, and were mounted with mismatched bolts.
July 28
Have admitted defeat with the stripper and resorted to grinding. Corey’s friend and former housemate Scotty loaned us his Makita dustless grinder and Corey is lying under the boat, grinding away in slow agony, wishing he was almost anywhere else, doing almost anything else. Heather is chipping all the old glass of the keel, which she doesn’t like too much, but Corey is jealous…
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