removing imron

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.

SNobsessed wrote: You could scuff it down & repaint it with awlgrip or similar. Would be a lot less work.

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.

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.

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.