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I have just about finished my 1968 13 foot whaler. I stripped everything off of the boat and had the entire boat media blasted. It got all the bottom paint off and the interior paint but showed every old patch job or ding. Glad I did it that way but I makes a lot of work. I would only recommend that if you were going to re-gel coat the boat. If you get into the oarlocks I have a picture and info on the inserts in another post.