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Getting paint off aluminum hull
A tough job indeed. Can you determine what paint was used? e.g. Latex?
Enamel? Lacquer? Epoxy? One never knows what someone will use to paint with. Usually, it's with whatevers laying around. I would do the following: carefully mask off the affected area with masking tape and a 6" safe border around the area with masking paper. Wear protective gloves and clothing you can discard. Apply a liberal coat of "Zip Strip", "Strip Ease", "Strips It" to the paint with a brush you can discard. Let set about 30 min.wipe away with a putty knife, scuff pad, rags, depending on location. These products are Volatile extremely effective, and will cause burns on the skin. Be careful. Natural oxidation will take care of the New look over time. Note: Any remaining residual that touches any vulnerable surface WILL effect it. Good Luck. "SteveB" wrote in message ... Someone painted the console of my Lund. Then didn't mask it off, and some of the spray got on the inside side of the boat. In several places. Ronnie Milsap coulda did a better job. I'm going to pull the console and the bench and everything else that will come out for recarpeting. While it's out, I'll paint it right. But I need to take off the paint from the aluminum. Suggestions? A vibrating sander? Acetone? Paint remover? Scouring pads? What will look decent without buffing it up? And if I do buff it up, how would I age it quickly to dull it down before I put the parts back in there? Help appreciated. Steve |
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Getting paint off aluminum hull/redux
I just went out and tried an SOS pad. The paint came off easily. It shines
the metal a little, but that's liveable, as it will oxydize soon. The places where it is oversprayed are thin misty kinds of spray patterns. This will be much easier than I thought. I did discover that I will have to drill out some of the through the hull rivets to totally remove benches and console, but I can put back gasketed bolts and nylocks. With the benches and console completely removed, I can get a nice coat of paint on them, and make them acceptable looking again. Don't want to go into restoration, but I do like to have things looking nice. But I'll probably take it fishing a few times first just like it is. Probably stop catching fish out of it when I doll it up, tho. Seems that's the way it goes. Maybe I'll just leave it like it is...... get a couple cans of rattlepaint ..... some brown and green and paint it camo. Sneak up on those fish......... Steve |
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Getting paint off aluminum hull/redux
"SteveB" wrote in message ... I just went out and tried an SOS pad. The paint came off easily. It shines the metal a little, but that's liveable, as it will oxydize soon. The places where it is oversprayed are thin misty kinds of spray patterns. This will be much easier than I thought. I did discover that I will have to drill out some of the through the hull rivets to totally remove benches and console, but I can put back gasketed bolts and nylocks. With the benches and console completely removed, I can get a nice coat of paint on them, and make them acceptable looking again. Don't want to go into restoration, but I do like to have things looking nice. But I'll probably take it fishing a few times first just like it is. Probably stop catching fish out of it when I doll it up, tho. Seems that's the way it goes. Maybe I'll just leave it like it is...... get a couple cans of rattlepaint ..... some brown and green and paint it camo. Sneak up on those fish......... Steve DO NOT USE SOS pad or steel wool! Get 3M pad. The steel wool breaks off little bits of iron and sticks in the aluminum causing nasty rust stains. |
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Getting paint off aluminum hull/redux
"Calif Bill" wrote in message m... "SteveB" wrote in message ... I just went out and tried an SOS pad. The paint came off easily. It shines the metal a little, but that's liveable, as it will oxydize soon. The places where it is oversprayed are thin misty kinds of spray patterns. This will be much easier than I thought. I did discover that I will have to drill out some of the through the hull rivets to totally remove benches and console, but I can put back gasketed bolts and nylocks. With the benches and console completely removed, I can get a nice coat of paint on them, and make them acceptable looking again. Don't want to go into restoration, but I do like to have things looking nice. But I'll probably take it fishing a few times first just like it is. Probably stop catching fish out of it when I doll it up, tho. Seems that's the way it goes. Maybe I'll just leave it like it is...... get a couple cans of rattlepaint ..... some brown and green and paint it camo. Sneak up on those fish......... Steve DO NOT USE SOS pad or steel wool! Get 3M pad. The steel wool breaks off little bits of iron and sticks in the aluminum causing nasty rust stains. Damn, I know that from welding. Duh! |
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Getting paint off aluminum hull/redux
"Gene" wrote in message ... On Sat, 28 Mar 2009 13:34:43 -0800, "Calif Bill" wrote: "SteveB" wrote in message ... I just went out and tried an SOS pad. The paint came off easily. It shines the metal a little, but that's liveable, as it will oxydize soon. The places where it is oversprayed are thin misty kinds of spray patterns. This will be much easier than I thought. I did discover that I will have to drill out some of the through the hull rivets to totally remove benches and console, but I can put back gasketed bolts and nylocks. With the benches and console completely removed, I can get a nice coat of paint on them, and make them acceptable looking again. Don't want to go into restoration, but I do like to have things looking nice. But I'll probably take it fishing a few times first just like it is. Probably stop catching fish out of it when I doll it up, tho. Seems that's the way it goes. Maybe I'll just leave it like it is...... get a couple cans of rattlepaint ..... some brown and green and paint it camo. Sneak up on those fish......... Steve DO NOT USE SOS pad or steel wool! Get 3M pad. The steel wool breaks off little bits of iron and sticks in the aluminum causing nasty rust stains. AND even WORSE dissimilar metal corrosion.... -- Forté Agent 5.00 Build 1171 "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So, throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." - Unknown Grady-White Gulfstream, out of Oak Island, NC. Homepage http://pamandgene.tranquilrefuge.net...at/my_boat.htm Does not seem to be a big problem with steel wool. But a piece of copper wire will make a hole through the boat. |
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Getting paint off aluminum hull/redux
I completely dismantled a 16' Mirrocraft center seat and console from the
boat. I drilled out the factory rivets and replaced them during assembly with an aluminum rubber gasketed washer that fit the 3\16 replacement rivet snugly. These fasteners are available at your large industrial fastener supply company and work well providing you with a very neat and professional appearing finished job. They are NOT found at your local True Value or at Sears. Rivets, washers, drill bit (Buy 2), Rivet gun, about $50.00. "SteveB" wrote in message ... I just went out and tried an SOS pad. The paint came off easily. It shines the metal a little, but that's liveable, as it will oxydize soon. The places where it is oversprayed are thin misty kinds of spray patterns. This will be much easier than I thought. I did discover that I will have to drill out some of the through the hull rivets to totally remove benches and console, but I can put back gasketed bolts and nylocks. With the benches and console completely removed, I can get a nice coat of paint on them, and make them acceptable looking again. Don't want to go into restoration, but I do like to have things looking nice. But I'll probably take it fishing a few times first just like it is. Probably stop catching fish out of it when I doll it up, tho. Seems that's the way it goes. Maybe I'll just leave it like it is...... get a couple cans of rattlepaint ..... some brown and green and paint it camo. Sneak up on those fish......... Steve |
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