Ancient anti fouling removal

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drewstwos

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HI all
After the intriguing engine fitting saga. (see my blog) I am now doing the rest of the pre launch jobs, I was crawling about under the boat today, looking at the problem of remaking the bottom rudder sjupport when I saw a lot of the old antifouling looking decidedely the worse for wear. Tap tap. and lumps fell off..............
This brings me to the question... what is the best stuff for removing said old antifouling. I needto get back to the gel coat...as withthe new engine I really want her to have the best possible means of achieving WOT speed. Ok I'm just very curious.
I have been thinking of Nitromors.....but is this OK for GRP.. Hmmm!!!

Your most welcome thoughts and advice would be appreciated,

Cheers

Drew.
PS... gorgeous weather here on this 'Fairest of Isles' for now anyway,
 
Dont bloody talk to me about anti-foul removal!!!!!! /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

Just ask the Sparkes 'B-Team'!!!
Jas.
Scrapers, scrapers and dont rely on your buddies to help out! /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif
 
I've heard Dilunet spoken of favourably on here. No experience myself although it's one of those jobs that I'm going to have to do in the next couple of years, or my a/foul lay-up will be thicker than my grp /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif.
 
In our part of the world a guy called Micky Frith is best for all that, ask argonautical

Best regards from the sparklers A team

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Strippit was the cheapest and pretty effective in reviews.
Just a real mess to do it.
I m not sure it isnt one of those jobs it really IS worth paying someone else to do !
 
Don't even think about Nitromors!! I have seen an upturned tin leak in a fibreglass locker and go through the glass overnight. It was my catamaran I'm slightly ashamed to say but fortunately it was in a cockpit locker between the hulls and not in one of the hulls. Please don't even let a tin of the stuff get on board a GRP boat.
 
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Best regards from the sparklers A team


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Jason, the reason we are called the A-team is because when we asked to scrape antifoul, we always reply...

"A?" /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
Dont you mean AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!

Jas.

Take my advice...........'PAY' /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
 
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Take my advice...........'PAY' /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

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There speaks the voice of experience............


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Hmmph.

You weren't around when I passed by over the weekend. I was sure you'd be there on such a beautiful day!

Anyway, don't know the right answer to the question, but if it helps I have a small commercial pressurewasher with a "DirtKiller" lance: I have seen it strip paint off a motor car before now /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif - from the specs:

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Operating pressure 130 bar/1900 psi fully adjustable
3800 epsi equivalent pressure with the DirtKiller lance

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Might be worth a try if you want to borrow it, it will probably take any loose / flaking stuff off.
 
I have several (maybe 10 or 20) years of antifouling on my boat. It's a bit of a mess underneath with all the different layers giving a very uneven surface.

I really don't want to tackle the job this year as I'm already having everything from the gearbox to the prop changed. I don't have much of a budget left.

I have a slow displacement boat, will I loose much in the way of speed by just painting over the antifouling again and putting the job off until next year?
 
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