Registration numbering Painted on
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Topic: Registration numbering Painted on
Posted By: tommer12
Subject: Registration numbering Painted on
Date Posted: April-24-2005 at 7:15pm
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I have 92 Nautique and I have to change my Registration on the hull. It was painted on etc.. pretty standard.. how do I get that off or make sure when I have someone remove it and paint new ones, they do it correctly with damaging the hull, color of the hull (red) etc.
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Posted By: David F
Date Posted: April-25-2005 at 12:43pm
| I heard oven cleaner works. I purchased some and plan to give it a try soon as I have to do the same thing. If oven cleaner works, I imagine paint stripper will also work. The gelcoat is not paint (much harder and catalyzed polyester based), so the stripper should not hurt it, but test in a hidden area first as I am not 100% confident in this statement. |
Posted By: tommer12
Date Posted: May-02-2005 at 5:33pm
| A buddy of mine who does signage, said laquer thinner works.. So I tried a little bit to see. I dapped some on a towel and started to rub off a letter. It came off with some scrubbin... I wasnt quite impressed. I looked real close at teh black in my gelcoat and didnt look the same as the rest of the black... from far away, could not tell.. still shined, etc.. but I could see something and I am not sure if it was from the laquer or something else. I'm having a hard time finding someone to do this for me... can't be that hard! I think I might try another letter and see... I'm having my buddy make me new letters, so ideally, it will cover anything anyways is what I think. |
Posted By: tommer12
Date Posted: May-02-2005 at 5:39pm
| http://www.jasco-help.com/products/prod_rem.htm I should have searched google more... found this stuff and some other at West Marine. I'm going to swing by the West Marine store tonight and pick something up to see if it works better. I have a feeling the stuff I tried is not the best to use. I'll let ya know. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: May-02-2005 at 6:31pm
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Most likely your gelcoat has faded, and under the lettering in still in tact. That should probably explain the difference. Oven cleaner works, just be careful to get it all off the boat. Try a test area and have a bucket of water handy.
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Posted By: tommer12
Date Posted: May-10-2005 at 11:06pm
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Ok, finally an answer to my own question. It took me a little time and finally got my letters off.
Don't use Laquer Thinner.. I tried it one letter and didnt like what I saw.. not sure i was seeing things or what.. but it didnt look right.... so i quit and went to West Marine. Bought some $30 bottle of stuff that said SAFE for fiberglass. But I remember reading that Oven Cleaner. Someone at West Marine said to use that also... So I had two people saying try it. So I did. Bought a $4.00 can of Oven cleaner, some rubber gloves and masking tape. Used the masking tape to tape off the pin striping, sprayed on the oven cleaner... I let it soak into the painted letters and numbers. In about 5 minutes, I started to wipe it right off. I had to repeat this a couple times to penetrate all the paint. But it worked like a champ. Makes my boat looks like it came from the factory! Hate to put new numbers on her! questions, let me know. |
Posted By: mikeb
Date Posted: October-31-2005 at 4:53pm
| The previous owner of my boat had also painted the registration number on the trailer. I tried the oven cleaner. It faded the paint on the trailer a little, so I have been reluctant to try it on the gelcoat |
Posted By: tommer12
Date Posted: October-31-2005 at 5:08pm
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But think your trailer is probably powder coated... so if you took oven cleaner to a powder coated trailer, I think it would take the paint off or "dull" it. Gelcoat is what it is. A protective sealer for the fiber. If your trailer had some type of clear coat (like your car) sealer over the paint, the oven may have worked fine.
Depends also on your boats finish. On my 84 Nautique, the paint was not in the clear coat and you would clearly take it off, even just by rubbing it to hard with wax it would come off. I think oxidation plays a big role in the type of surface that you can do this trick with. |
Posted By: David F
Date Posted: November-01-2005 at 6:25am
| Oven cleaner is an effective paint remover. OK to use on gelcoat (it is NOT paint), but NOT OK to use on any type of paint INCLUDING clear coats. Powder coat is not really a paint, so I am not sure what it would do to powder coat finishes. |
Posted By: 82tique
Date Posted: November-01-2005 at 12:02pm
| Oven cleaner works like a charm. I learned that it is very important to have a warm bucket of 'iron out' and sponge ready to immediately remove any excess oven cleaner. If you leave the oven cleaner on too long it will turn the hull yellow. |
Posted By: bwooton
Date Posted: November-01-2005 at 12:32pm
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dont forget that gelcoat is thick and sandable. if discoloration is a problem just do some wet sanding. Most stains i have ever experienced have come off with some 800 grit. ------------- Thanks Bobby there's no replacement for displacement |
Posted By: 82tique
Date Posted: November-01-2005 at 3:10pm
| Echo what Dave F said..The oven cleaner won't work on your trailer. Just a suggestion...you might want to get one of those wire brush bits for your cordless drill. It will blast the paint right off...of course that leads to re-painting issues. |
Posted By: mikeb
Date Posted: November-01-2005 at 3:41pm
| The damage is done to the trailer paint and/or powdercoat. I'll have to find a sticker to cover the two-toned area. I feel better about trying it on the boat's gelcoat now, thanks to the additional feedback. |
Posted By: 82tique
Date Posted: November-03-2005 at 11:22am
Check out white lake marine...they've got some great 'old school' nauti stickers that might cover up the two-toned area. 
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