Quick question. What is a safe paint stripper for fiberglass? I need to
remove 30 years of bottom paint and sanding it off is not an option.

Thanx.

Practical Sailor has done several articles on this topic, the last of
which was September, 2000. Their recommendation: Peel Away. My
recommendation: Purchase the article from them at
Practical-Sailor.com

MW

Tailgunner wrote in message ...
Quick question. What is a safe paint stripper for fiberglass? I need to
remove 30 years of bottom paint and sanding it off is not an option.

Thanx.

Thanks Mike. I'll do that.

mike worrall wrote:
Practical Sailor has done several articles on this topic, the last of
which was September, 2000. Their recommendation: Peel Away. My
recommendation: Purchase the article from them at
Practical-Sailor.com

MW

Tailgunner wrote in message ...

Quick question. What is a safe paint stripper for fiberglass? I need to
remove 30 years of bottom paint and sanding it off is not an option.

Thanx.

I second the "Peel Away". I learned about it only after stripping my hull
with "Dads" paint stripper. Dads worked well, but was a mess and spraying it
in even a slight breeze, on the downwind side of the boat ensured the stuff
would swirl in the air and burn the crap out of where ever it landed on my
skin!
MMC
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Thanks Mike. I'll do that.

mike worrall wrote:
Practical Sailor has done several articles on this topic, the last of
which was September, 2000. Their recommendation: Peel Away. My
recommendation: Purchase the article from them at
Practical-Sailor.com

MW

Tailgunner wrote in message
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Quick question. What is a safe paint stripper for fiberglass? I need to
remove 30 years of bottom paint and sanding it off is not an option.

Thanx.

(mike worrall) wrote in message . com...
Practical Sailor has done several articles on this topic, the last of
which was September, 2000. Their recommendation: Peel Away. My
recommendation: Purchase the article from them at
Practical-Sailor.com

MW

Tailgunner wrote in message ...
Quick question. What is a safe paint stripper for fiberglass? I need to
remove 30 years of bottom paint and sanding it off is not an option.

Thanx.

Off Topic but related. I needed to strip polyimide from optical
surfaces. Nothing would touch the stuff, not the best paint and epoxy
remover I could find and sitting for a week. I even bought full
strength methyl chloride and it wouldnt work. I heated it to 1000
degrees F and that destroyed the optic but didnt destroy all the
polyimide! FINALLY, I immersed the optics in Liquid Nitrogen and that
froze and cracked the polyimide so after repeated immersions it came
off.
So..........maybe either a combination of differential thermal
contraction/expansion might work on a boat hull. If there was a way
to apply the LN2 to the paint...... Have you tried a heat gun to
soften the old paint so you can scrape it?
Even better, most bottom paint contains enough copper to be sorta
conductive so...MICROWAVES. Aim the magnetron from a microwave oven
at the paint and it heats the paint only. I gotta try this.