It is good to be back St. Augi!
Lot's of fairing and sanding as of late. Went ahead and put the boat on blocks so I could access the bottom and to work on the trailer when the temps were to low for production work.
I had been looking at ways of removing the bottom paint without having to sand all of it. Soda blasting hasn't been an option in my area and the only mobile unit wanted $700. I located this peel away product that they say is safe for fiberglass and decided to give it a shot. It is pricey at $80 a gallon but I figure the time saved would be worth it.
They provided this paper to install over it while wet but think it was probably not intended for inverted surfaces.
After a dwell time of about 45 minutes I used a 6" drywall knife to try it out. There is only one picture because this stuff was so messy. Even after wearing a tyvek suit gloves and respirator I still got it everywhere when scraping off.
I haven't completed the removal yet, only about half and have plenty of cleanup to do but it seems to take off large portions of the bottom paint.
Shot of the interior with a skim coat of fairing compound. I have a lot of work to do. Notice poor man's Festool!
With the temps still below 50 at times I stopped by and picked up the trailer parts from the nice folks at Float On Trailers. If you remember I had purchased a Seafari that was on this trailer and swapped with my previous one before selling the boat. This trailer is 30 years old but in sound structural condition.
You can see new torsion axles laying on the trailer.
A friend giving me some much needed help. The axles were heavy!
New fenders to replace the old "flying nuns".
All in after new torsion axles, rims and tires, center jack, V bunk and guide, lighting and overall cleaning.