Soda blasting bottom paint off?

[pelican]

Originally Posted by Islandtrader

The only way to go if you have multiple coats on. It will cost you 5-900 Ben's. and you will have to do a lot of filling and sanding after it is done.

Check my posting on this entry 28

if your boat required a lot of filling and sanding after the blasting process -you had one of 2 things going on:

first,the blasting process was way aggressive

second,the boat had damage /blisters under the antifouling pant


after a hull is blasted,it will require a light "finish sand" to remove any residual paint.the hull will have a slight pofile,from the blasting -similar to "orange peel"

being "in the business,as I am,i've lost count of the boats I've had blasted using both baking soda standard blasting sand,no damage on ANY boat.in some cases,the boats blasted,the water line was adjusted - the existing gel coat was sanded,wet sanded and compounded,to bring back the original finish...

there's 2 subjects,these are the most MISINFORMED,full of "old wive's tales" subjects ever
these subjects are "BOTTOM PAINT BLASTING/REMOVAL" and ETHANOL