Removing paint from decks

[purplerobbie]

The previous owner of my boat has painted the non slip panels on the deck a light blue colour.
I think it looks a bit odd as the rest of the deck is grey so i was going to try to get it off.

I'm going to try a jetwash because i dont think he will of keyed the deck before painting it.
So probably a lot of it will come up with this.

What else could i use?

Rob

 

[PCUK]

Dilunette Gel is designed for use on GRP and will remove most paints apart from epoxy and two-pack.

 

[forrestmichael]

If it's treadmaster that has been epoxied it's hard work, just finished removing the treadmaster from mine, it takes about two days on a 26 foot boat, then you need to sand down the epoxy ready for bedding new treadmaster. To remove the treadmaster i used a chisel and elbow grease.

If you want to paint you'll need to grind down all the epoxy and probably re-gel-coat etc.

Not a nice job, good luck!

 

[Georgio]

I have been doing exactly this for the last couple if winters. The decks have a moulded non-slip coating but it was painted (just over the non-slip areas) some time ago and re-coated a number of times since. With it flaking in places it really looked a mess.

The best solution I have come up with is using the Dilunett paint remover. I put on a couple of coats, leave for a few days/week and then use a pressure washer to remove. This has to be repeated a few times untill most/all the paint is removed. The Dilunett instructions say only leave on for a few hours but deck paint is formulated to resist chemicals/fuel etc so it does take a bit longer. I would recommend buying a good £100-150 pressure washer and the cheapo £50 ones are not powerfull enough (or will take a lot longer to clean off the paint).

I would suggest you try on a patch and see how you get on as I guess different deck paints will react differently to the stripper.

It is worth it, under the layers of paint I have found a perfectly good, non-slip deck.

hope this helps