Paint on the hull!

[Paul Davenport]

Greetings,

I have a pretty busted up ten rater yacht. I know how to repair the decking
but need to get the paint off the fibre hull. Can I use normal paint
stripper for this task or will the glass react? If so what do I use?

Ta in anticipation

Paul

[Umi_Ryuzuki]

As long as you aren't leaving any of the solvents on the hull for an extendee period of time it should be fine.

However, "Easy off" oven cleaner and a pair of rubber gloves has been one of the most unique and simple paint removers I have discovered.

Other recommendations have been

Simple Green
Orange Cleaner degreaser.

[Stephen Hetherington]

you could use VERY fine sand paper.. like 1000 grit max.. it will take a
while but gets a nice finish

Stephen
"Umi_Ryuzuki" <Umi_Ryuzuki.n1tyn@rcgroups.com> wrote in message
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>
> As long as you aren't leaving any of the solvents on the hull for an
> extendee period of time it should be fine.
>
> However, "Easy off" oven cleaner and a pair of rubber gloves has been
> one of the most unique and simple paint removers I have discovered.
>
> Other recommendations have been
>
> Simple Green
> Orange Cleaner degreaser.
>
>
> --
> Umi_Ryuzuki
>
> Nyow!
> /
> =^o^=
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[MLE]

Model railroaders have long used Brake Fluid for removing painted finishes
from polystyrene kit shells to be repainted in different "road" colors. I
don't know how well this might work on larger items as the technique usually
involves a 30 minute immersion "soak" in brake fluid followed by light
brushing with an old toothbrush. But styrene certainly softens and dissolves
much easier than fiberglass resin so I think that it should be very safe. I
would test first anyway.

If you've ever accidentally spilled some brake fluid on a car finish you'll
know that it can remove the paint down to bare metal rather quickly. :-(

Mike

"Umi_Ryuzuki" <Umi_Ryuzuki.n1tyn@rcgroups.com> wrote in message
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>
> As long as you aren't leaving any of the solvents on the hull for an
> extendee period of time it should be fine.
>
> However, "Easy off" oven cleaner and a pair of rubber gloves has been
> one of the most unique and simple paint removers I have discovered.
>
> Other recommendations have been
>
> Simple Green
> Orange Cleaner degreaser.
>
>
> --
> Umi_Ryuzuki
>
> Nyow!
> /
> =^o^=
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------
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[Stagis Family]

Brake fluid works! I'm not afraid of buying 'used' plastic models anymore.
Dunk poorly-painted pieces and it doesn't attach the plastic.....
"MLE" <NOSPAM@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> Model railroaders have long used Brake Fluid for removing painted finishes
> from polystyrene kit shells to be repainted in different "road" colors. I
> don't know how well this might work on larger items as the technique
usually
> involves a 30 minute immersion "soak" in brake fluid followed by light
> brushing with an old toothbrush. But styrene certainly softens and
dissolves
> much easier than fiberglass resin so I think that it should be very safe.
I
> would test first anyway.
>
> If you've ever accidentally spilled some brake fluid on a car finish
you'll
> know that it can remove the paint down to bare metal rather quickly. :-(
>
> Mike
>
> "Umi_Ryuzuki" <Umi_Ryuzuki.n1tyn@rcgroups.com> wrote in message
> news:Umi_Ryuzuki.n1tyn@rcgroups.com...
> >
> > As long as you aren't leaving any of the solvents on the hull for an
> > extendee period of time it should be fine.
> >
> > However, "Easy off" oven cleaner and a pair of rubber gloves has been
> > one of the most unique and simple paint removers I have discovered.
> >
> > Other recommendations have been
> >
> > Simple Green
> > Orange Cleaner degreaser.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Umi_Ryuzuki
> >
> > Nyow!
> > /
> > =^o^=
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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> > View this thread at rcgroups.com:
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> >
>
>