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28 November 2017, 07:33
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Country: UK - England
Town: mudeford
Boat name: rib volt lution
Make: cobra ribs
Length: 6m +
Engine: Torqeedo db 80rxl
Join Date: Jan 2017
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Antifoul removal tool
Could anyone recommend the best tool to scrap off/ remove 13 years of antifoul!!!!
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28 November 2017, 07:50
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Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Glasgow
Boat name: Thunder
Make: Halmatic Arctic 22
Length: 6m +
Engine: 2 x 150 Etec
Join Date: Oct 2008
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A man with a soda blasting machine! Seriously, weigh up hours of scraping against paying a few hundred pounds.
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28 November 2017, 09:43
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Country: UK - England
Town: Leicester
Length: 5m +
Engine: 135hp Mercury
Join Date: Sep 2013
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Next time I do mine it will be either that or I'll have a look for one using a dry ice blaster.
The liquid strippers just make a lot of mess. Scrapers take forever, create a lot of dust which you DON'T want to inhale or get in your eyes - plus the risk of damaging the finish
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28 November 2017, 10:42
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Country: Ireland
Length: no boat
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Intetstrip with paint brush. Don't let it dry out. Plastic ice scraper for windscreen. For last bit use cloth to wipe away remnants, again before it dries out.
Gloves, ventilation and patience.
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28 November 2017, 18:41
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Country: UK - Scotland
Boat name: Wildheart
Make: Humber/Delta Seasafe
Length: 5m +
Engine: Merc 60 Clamshell
MMSI: 235068449
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 4,671
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A cheque book!
As above I also made a start on mine and after a long manky slog and only getting about 2 fwet down one side I decided to call it a day and pay someone to do it.
Don't know where you are but if up in scogland Caledonian yachts did a fantastic job of mine.
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28 November 2017, 19:34
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Country: Ireland
Length: no boat
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I would test a small area. If, like my last boat, the hull hadn't been sanded beforehand then you will have a shiney hull underneath. Sods blasting may leave you with a duller gelcoat.
"Mexicans" really?
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28 November 2017, 20:03
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Country: UK - England
Town: Wakefield
Boat name: Bouncer
Make: Redbay Stormforce
Length: 6m +
Engine: 2x Honda 100 Hp
MMSI: 235025718
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 4,177
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Soda blast it’s a bugger to do it by hand 
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28 November 2017, 22:10
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Country: UK - England
Town: Leicester
Length: 5m +
Engine: 135hp Mercury
Join Date: Sep 2013
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Iron Dials
I would test a small area. If, like my last boat, the hull hadn't been sanded beforehand then you will have a shiney hull underneath. Sods blasting may leave you with a duller gelcoat.
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Depends on how big the sods are.....
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29 November 2017, 08:16
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RIBnet admin team
Country: Ireland
Length: 4m +
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 14,898
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Quote:
Originally Posted by paintman
Depends on how big the sods are.....
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Don't mock - he clearly meant Soda Bread. Helps if it's gone stale...
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30 November 2017, 13:28
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Member
Country: USA
Town: Connecticut
Make: Zodiac
Length: 6m +
Engine: Undecided
Join Date: Nov 2009
Posts: 777
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paint removal
We've gone to having all of ours stripped professionally by blasting. My local guy is actually using ground walnuts shells if I am not mistaken. The bottoms come out real nice but yes it does leave a dull finish.
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30 November 2017, 13:54
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RIBnet admin team
Country: Ireland
Length: 4m +
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 14,898
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cgoing
using ground walnuts shells if I am not mistaken.
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Yes - that's a "thing" now - good for the environment and all that. Didn't do much good to the bloke with the nut allergy who was watching one job:
Man with allergy dies from walnut shells used at construction site | CTV News
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