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Posted by egerrity on 06/30/09 - 9:33 AM

I see through some personal paages that some of you guys have had your bottom paint removed with soda blasting. Can anyone give me an idea of cost, what the condition of the bottom and gel coat was after, and and recommendations for a company in Long Island NY?
I have a 1991 Montauk 17 that has WAYYY to much bottom paint.
In a perfect world I would love to get my hands on some of that tinted bottom paint that Jeff had, and use that after its all striped.
I gues I wont know how the gel coat will be untill I open the can of worms. Cant be worse than the peeling nightmare I have now.
Thanks for everyone's input.

Edited by egerrity on 06/30/09 - 9:50 AM

Posted by HarleyFXDL on 06/30/09 - 2:07 PM

eg, I will tell you the gelcoat on my Outrage was far from perfect when done. It did look 100% better after the bottom paint was removed. The gelcoat had some pitting in it and there was a ghost image of the former bottom paint left behind. I doubt your hull will look like new after, but I perfer this to the bottom paint. The guy who did my hull removed 50 lbs of bottom paint! I wet sanded the bottom and buffed it. It is definately presentable. The cost was $600.

Edited by HarleyFXDL on 06/30/09 - 5:36 PM

Posted by MW on 06/30/09 - 2:21 PM

What kind of bottom paint are you using ? The "ablative" type bottom paint is made to wear off during the season.

Posted by arthureld on 06/30/09 - 6:04 PM

Mine looks thick and abrasive like sandpaper. I expect my boat would go faster with it off. And it would look a lot better too.
I'm looking for a place on Long Island as well.

Posted by egerrity on 07/01/09 - 6:13 AM

Thanks for the responses.
When I bought my boat it had years of bottom paint on it. I have only painted it once to change the color to black, and now that is peeling along with the layer below.
My boat spends most of its time on my LOADRITE trailer. There are some times where its in the water for a few weeks at a time. I guess my ultimate goal is to remove the old paint, smooth it out, and repaint with an ablative paint.
Jeff, do you still have a connection for the tinted bottom paint that matches desert tan?
thanks
Ed

Posted by Meridian on 07/01/09 - 8:14 AM

If you are going to do this ask for some references or better yet go see the actual work done. I had a soda job done but the operator, in my opinion, did not have enough experience. I had way too many pits in the gelcoat.