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You can see the stripping process gallows set up here.
I thought there would only be an 1/8" of paint and the bottom....I was wrong. Some areas had as much as 1/4"+ of paint built up. I started stripping with peel-away stripper and that got a good amount of the light blue interlux paint off. Then I used a heavy duty scrapper to get a good amount of the rest of it. From there I used a dewalt orbital sander (40 then 80 grit) to remove the rest of the blue paint. I found that under all of the crap was a nice 2 part epoxy barrier coat that had turned dark blue from the light blue interlux however with some sanding I found out the barrier coat was really white. Once I sanded it all down to the barrier coat (19+ hours of hell) I found a couple areas I sanded back down to gel coat to do a little glass repair. Once finished with that I was able to tape off and start painting. I started stripping paint at 6:30AM last Tuesday and I finished painting 8:30AM today (Wednesday). I have been working non stop since I started to get this done.
I'm sold, this looks like a great winter project. Our fishing season has already begun and offshore is about to fire up. I would like to get more information on the paint, so we can get rid of the black bottom. Also how much paint did you figure on using for yours, and what cost range did the paint run. She sure does look pretty!!!!!
I can't even imagine removing 1/4" of bottom paint.
The tan color is a great idea. I really like tan Whalers too.
I will most likely buy in on some paint.
Your enthusiasm and documentation is killer.
Thanks Jeff
i removed my boat from the trailer today using a frame that i built and a floor jack.the materials cost about $50 and i can reuse the frame for any other repairs down the road. it not as elaborate as jeff's, but it works good and i removed the boat by myself.
