Barking Sands
Guru
- Joined
- Dec 24, 2019
- Messages
- 1,163
- Location
- New Port Richey, Fl
- Vessel Name
- M/V Intrigue
- Vessel Make
- 1985 Tung Hwa Senator
I am nearly done with the inside and have been putting off the exterior long enough. So Friday I took my existing tools and sanders and strippers to the boat to try the various methods on the foredeck. I wasnt really happy with any of them. It was clear the many layers of paint already on the boat was going to make this tougher than it needed to be. The previous owners have put several layers of paint in various areas on the exterior. Some of the paint appears to be latex house paint, some is probably oil based house paint and some marine finish etc. Chemical stripper works as it should but the various layers will require several applications and there are various epoxy repairs that are uneven. Sanding with 80 grit was taking too long and being gummed up. The best item I had was a Milwaukee die grinder with some fancy roloc pads. But even that was going to take some time. In addition doing this in the slip was causing too much dust. Ill need better dust control.
I did some research and stumbled on this Amazon.com
I went ahead and purchased it along with extra carbide bits. Anyone ever use one? There is another version of this that appears to be better on curved surfaces such as hulls called the Gelplane. It really appears to be better all around. But it is substantially more. maybe 3to 4 times more.
Sail Life used both in this video and very much preferred the Gelplane but the other one seemed to work fine. In addition all my areas are going to be flat.
I am really hoping it works. If it does it looks like it has the potential to decrease this project time substantially?
I did some research and stumbled on this Amazon.com
I went ahead and purchased it along with extra carbide bits. Anyone ever use one? There is another version of this that appears to be better on curved surfaces such as hulls called the Gelplane. It really appears to be better all around. But it is substantially more. maybe 3to 4 times more.
Sail Life used both in this video and very much preferred the Gelplane but the other one seemed to work fine. In addition all my areas are going to be flat.
I am really hoping it works. If it does it looks like it has the potential to decrease this project time substantially?