Remove all Paint from Hull?
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Printed Date: March-03-2025 at 4:28pm
Topic: Remove all Paint from Hull?
Posted By: Lil’Nauti
Subject: Remove all Paint from Hull?
Date Posted: May-17-2022 at 11:45am
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HELP!! The original paint on my 1982 SN 2001 is completely faded and missing color in several places. What is the best way to completely remove ALL of the original paint (It's a wide, very faded gray stripe with a very faded SN logo on top)? Has anyone here done this themselves? What was your final result? I'm thinking after I remove all the original paint, I will keep it simple and just put on 2 new, two-color SN decals on the side and the Correct Craft Competition Ski Boat on the back, along with new flag stickers. |
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Posted By: MourningWood
Date Posted: May-17-2022 at 12:53pm
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Maybe a picture would help... '82 2001 was originally 3-color stripe painted on the gel-coat finish. Tape stripes/decals were added. I refinished my '82 by sanding entire hull bare with 800/1000/1200, then heavy compound, polish, re-paint.
------------- 1964 Dunphy X-55 "One 'N Dun" 'I measured twice, cut three times, and it's still too short!" |
Posted By: Jonny Quest
Date Posted: May-17-2022 at 1:23pm
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It's likely NOT paint, but rather "gelcoat". Gelcoat can fade over time -- particularly when exposed to the sun's rays. There are plenty of good threads on this site where boat owners have had good success with refinishing their fiberglass and gelcoat. The process usually consists of wet-sanding followed by buffing, polishing and then waxing. Below is a link from 3M that explains the process with their products. https://multimedia.3m.com/mws/media/973495O/3mtm-marine-gecoat-finishing-professional.pdf JQ ------------- Current 2003 Ski Nautique 206 Limited Previous 2001 Ski Nautique Open Bow 1994 Ski Nautique Open Bow Aqua skiing, ergo sum |
Posted By: KENO
Date Posted: May-17-2022 at 3:03pm
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Jonny I don't think you have much experience with an 82 SN.  It was a few years later when the Rustoleum disappeared and the stripe was in the gel coatThe stripes like already mentioned are paint, over the base gelcoat. For L'il Nauti............it might sound strange,but EZ Off Oven Cleaner works good to remove the paint without affecting the gelcoat underneath. You could try a small test spot just to give you some assurance that it works
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Posted By: Jonny Quest
Date Posted: May-17-2022 at 3:12pm
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Damn. Well shut my mouth. What are we dealing with here…Bayliners? Paint over gelcoat?! What’s next? Reverse rotation engines? Synthetic oil?
------------- Current 2003 Ski Nautique 206 Limited Previous 2001 Ski Nautique Open Bow 1994 Ski Nautique Open Bow Aqua skiing, ergo sum |
Posted By: KENO
Date Posted: May-17-2022 at 5:30pm
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Bayliners..........no, an 82 Bayliner had the colors in the gelcoat on the multi color hulls Lil' Nauti there are lots of paint strippers that work also and don't turn your fiberglass hull into a pile of soft, molten gooey mush Same comment as before, try it on a small spot first. |
Posted By: Lil’Nauti
Date Posted: May-17-2022 at 10:08pm
Posted By: Lil’Nauti
Date Posted: May-18-2022 at 10:52am
| I will post a picture of my hull as soon as I can figure out how to convert my pic it to a format that is postable here |
Posted By: Lil’Nauti
Date Posted: May-18-2022 at 2:30pm
Posted By: Lil’Nauti
Date Posted: May-18-2022 at 2:49pm
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Hi. Still having trouble posting a picture, for some reason (I'm sure it's operator error) my jpeg upload only partially loads and stops. Help? ------------- 1982 Ski Nautique 2001 |
Posted By: gun-driver
Date Posted: May-18-2022 at 3:02pm
| If you're using an iPhone you have to use an upload host like Imgbb. |
Posted By: Lil’Nauti
Date Posted: May-18-2022 at 3:44pm
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Hi. I'm using my MacBook ------------- 1982 Ski Nautique 2001 |
Posted By: gun-driver
Date Posted: May-18-2022 at 8:16pm
Guessing that would be the same as using an iPhone or an iPad.
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Lil’Nauti wrote: