here's the deal-

i have an older bay boat. it has the nice painted bottom, white with a
'spatter' pattern over it. the gunnals and decks are covered in
astro-turf, which is rotting away, and generally looking very funky,
holds water, my wife doesen't like it, etc...

okay, so...

i want to remove it. looks like it can be pulled away for the most
part, leaving behind the hard, nasty adhesive and a not-so-smooth
surface. i figure i'll go after that with a scraper, and then with
sanding discs of increasingly smaller grit with the old DA until things
get smooth. THEN

what kind of paint do they lay down in these things? what about the
fancy 'spatter' finish? best left to a pro or can i slop some paint
around and make it look like fine art?


PS i can feel this project taking like 3 times longer than i think it
will already....

see you guys and try not to argue too much!!

greg