Harry Krause wrote in message ...
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On Fri, 05 Sep 2003 23:35:07 GMT, "bomar" wrote:



. I have a 1986 Carver covered with factory decals,
stripes, letters, you name it. They have faded to gray. The local
detailers want almost $5,000 to remove them all. How the hell do I
get them off myself?


The decals may be holding your boat together.

Harry, that's rude!

Being a Carver owner, and love having a
fair-weather-dock-side-cocktail
cruiser-floating-condo-camper-without-wheels-aint-gonna-see-the
big-greenie-don't-go-offshore-you-know-what-Pascoe-said boat, I can
tell you the stripes aren't holding the boat together. We can prove
this is not so. Zimmerman-like lobster boats, however, are less easy
to establish proof of... ; )

Anyhoo...

I, too, have a 1986 Carver, and the stripes were getting tired,
damaged, and scuffed (Scuffing was by the previous owner, of course.).
I contacted a local auto pinstripe company, who removed all the
stripes (boot, cabin, & flying bridge), and replaced all the old ones
with exactly the factory colors and dimensions for about $600. I keep
the boat in heated storage during the winter, & it was a "do it when
you get around to it" agreement. They did a great job, and the boat
looks great. They did use some type of rubber "grinding wheel" one
some of them. The black ones came off easily, but the silver stripes
were a real bear to remove. I could never have done the job this guy
did. Laid 'em on perfectly.

Good luck.

Coff

Alrighty then... here we go

WD 40 is not a lubricate, it is a Water Displacement product.

It is both.

It is good
for spraying on electronics to keep contact points dry and to reduce the
amount of corrosion

Yes, the contacts & mechanical switches


Too many people think it is an effective lubricate, it
is not.

Not for bearing grease, engine oil, or assembly lube... (and it will dissolve
any of these so should never be shot INTO a bearing or reel for LUBRICATION)
but definitely works for freeing seized parts, bolts, tools, etc.


WD40 IS INDEED a lubricant,

yes

and a very good one.

no, it's part lubricant, part solvent... it's viscosity is very low for just
lubricant, and it disspates rapidly. It makes a great chain cleaner for
motorcycles, and it also works well as a chain lube, as long as your willing to
reapply every 75 miles or so


It is NOT a water
displacement product

It works for me... as well as thousands of mechanics

and should NEVER be used on sensitive electronic
products.

agreed, not on a computer motherboard... but I use it for moisture
displacement/anti corrosion on all connectors, including the jacks on my
gps/bottom machine/radar/vhf equipment.

WD40 is
petroleum based and as such will indeed remove the sticky goop from
boat lettering.
(And perhaps the finish / fiberglass as well !)

Hmmm, not from what I've seen.

I've used it on automotive paint, boat gelcoat, fiberglass, ABS, metal etc. to
remove sticker goop for 15 years with no effect on the substrate, but it will
remove most spray enamels, and maybe even fingernail polish ;~

John D.

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