ljiljana
New Member
having read ALL the messages on previous antifoul removal questions, can anybody please give a definitive answer on whether acetone is an acceptable chemical for antifoul removal without causing damage to the gelcoat.
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Antifoul Removal
- Thread starter ljiljana
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tcm
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an excellent product is Removall, which markets a specific product 610 for remving afoul, and it works. I used acetone for minor finishing of the hull to utterly clean. It cd be v expensive to use acetone to disolve afoul imho, and takre ages.
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I have just taken our a/foul off right back to the gelcoat pre-prophylactic epoxy application. The Gelshield 200 requires the use of International thinners No.9 which is an epoxy thinner the active of ingredient of which is Xylene. I can say that it does an absolutely excellent job of removing the residual a/foul after scraping - but realistically you have to have either used removall or interstrip or such like to get the bulk off before using No.9. (We manually scraped the hull) But I wouldn't have believed how effective no.9 was if someone had described it to me - it literally removed ALL traces of navy blue a/foul back to a pure white gelcoat - amazing.
Major Catastrophe
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Having just done it, acetone does remove anti-foul and primer and does not damage or effect gel coat.
As to cost, Glasplies sell acetone at £6 for five litres. Most glass fibre wholesalers sell acetone, which is a clue to the fact that it does not damage the stuff.
To clear the area of the 12 foot keel I used about 1 litre and it took me about 45 minutes to an hour. There is no mess as paint stays on cloths, which you just chuck away when full of paint.
I used industrial elbow length rubber gloves.
If in doubt, go to your local chemist and buy a bottle of acetone and try it on a small area. Only use it outside.
I should add that the anti-foul I removed was International Interspeed Ultra on Primocon primer.
As to cost, Glasplies sell acetone at £6 for five litres. Most glass fibre wholesalers sell acetone, which is a clue to the fact that it does not damage the stuff.
To clear the area of the 12 foot keel I used about 1 litre and it took me about 45 minutes to an hour. There is no mess as paint stays on cloths, which you just chuck away when full of paint.
I used industrial elbow length rubber gloves.
If in doubt, go to your local chemist and buy a bottle of acetone and try it on a small area. Only use it outside.
I should add that the anti-foul I removed was International Interspeed Ultra on Primocon primer.