Plane that Hull!

[Guest]

After 3 weekends of grinding off the starboard side of the hull I decided to try an electric planer instead. Having seen the Gel planer at £1250 at the boat show I decided to experiment with my handy Bosch DIY planer. Results were excellent. I planed off the whole off the port side followed by the grinder in one day. The only disadvantage with this plane over the gel planer is that I couldn't get into the concave curves of the hull. i.e. where keel meets hull or skeg meets hull. The old layers of Antifoul built up over the last 20 years just fell away like a hot knife through butter. The grinder then took off anything remaining.

 

[rogerroger]

So when are you coming to do mine then? There a cup of tea in it for you...

Roger Holden
www.first-magnitude.co.uk

 

[romany123]

Good post Arcturus.
I had my old boat sand blasted and they managed to pockmark my topsides when they did it causing me lots more work.
Dave

Dave

 

[davel]

I saw the video of the Gel Planner at the boat show but didn't have time to investigate it.
How do you prevent your planner from taking off more than the antifoul and carrying onto the gel goat?
Dave L.

 

[andyball]

I might be wrong, but I'm sure I've seen gelcoat removed with what looked like a normal (?) electric planer at the boatyard I use....who do a lot of osmosis work.

 

[romany123]

If you have an ajustable plane, just srart out at the lowest setting and see how it pans out
Dave

Dave

 

[Guest]

You are using a proper full face dust mask arn't you?

Roly, Voya Con Dios, Glasson, Lancaster

 

[Avocet]

I was wondering when someone would try that! I've never been brave enough myself! Does anyone think it could be controlled finely enough to just take off thick (6 years) antifouling?