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 Topic: removing imronPosted: August-22-2016 at 1:58am |
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what can i use to remove imron paint from gelcote hull?aircraft stripper,media blasting .bead blasting or just good old hand sanding?has been on for about 20 yrs.
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8122pbrainard
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Posted: August-22-2016 at 9:28am |
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Dan,
Removing the Imron isn't going to be easy. I'd start with a methylene chloride stripper such as Zip Strip but be cautious watching for any softening of the gel. I wouldn't try to remove the Imron completely but just to the point where the remaining can be sanded off. Unless you want to do a complete re gel of the hull, I feel any blasting on the Imron will also damage the gel.. It would be real tricky trying to blast the paint only without getting some of the gel. The Imron is pretty hard and I'd say actually harder than the gel? I remember when Imron first came out and was intended for industrial use. A friend had painted a cement truck with it. He told me the Imron took weeks to wear off the cement trucks chute! |
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DayTony
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Posted: August-23-2016 at 2:49pm |
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Imron is some of the toughest paint you can get without getting into the batleship and commercial tanker paint that sticks to oil.
I understand the whole paint and some of the purist's hatred toward it. but i have to ask two things. Why are you stripping it and what boat is it on? I ask this because if the paints in decent or fixable shape it will be a LOT cheaper to keep it. If you expect to find perfect gel underneoth and be able to bring it back you may be surprised because here may have been good reason they painted it to begin with. At that point you wind up having to re-gel and thats $$$$. If you are doing it for restoration and show purposes i feel it would be easier to just find a hull that has not been molested to start with. |
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SNobsessed
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Posted: August-23-2016 at 8:34pm |
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You could scuff it down & repaint it with awlgrip or similar. Would be a lot less work.
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DayTony
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Posted: August-24-2016 at 12:09pm |
Still a lot of work but LESS than to strip and Gel, or rehab old gel. Awlgrip is a great product and I like it much better than Imron for a boat. I asked my Paint guy and he just laughed and said to buy a new boat. if that tells you anything. 
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Riley
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Posted: August-24-2016 at 12:44pm |
I much prefer gel to paint, but it is interesting how other brands of classic boat owners, as well as new high $ boats are totally accepting of paint like Donzi and Chris Craft. I saw a gorgeous 1978 Donzi a few weeks ago, a model I had never seen with a lot of flair in the bow like a Barracuda. It had a high $ restoration done by a shop in Weymouth Mass. It was done with algrip. I went on their web site and they do all kinds of high $ restos and even finish new boats. No mention of gel work any where on their web site. |
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DayTony
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Posted: August-24-2016 at 12:57pm |
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Its a no maintenance deal. doesn't fade or chalk like gel does. less time maintaining and more time boating is the way I see it for most applications.
Wraps are becoming increasingly popular as well. |
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