I'm putting a new boot stripe on my boat and have been told several ways of preparing the hull for good adhesion. It seems to me using acetone should work well. Does anyone know the "correct" way of doing this.
Boot Stripe
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Last time my boat was out for a bottom job I redid the boot stripe on it. I first wet sanded with 400 grit paper, just lightly enough to get off any foreign matter, then wiped it down good with acetone. Worked fine and looks good.
Why??
It is probably bad luck or something, but left off the boot stripe. I just ran the teflon bottom paint up to the topsides. Prepped it with fine sandpaper and cleaned with acetone.
It is probably bad luck or something, but left off the boot stripe. I just ran the teflon bottom paint up to the topsides. Prepped it with fine sandpaper and cleaned with acetone.
asthetics and safety maybe
A boot stipe will make a boat appear longer and less boxy. Definately a marketing gimic. I would think it would also make a boat easier to see and identify because it allows visual separation from the surface of the water. A lot of people think a boot stripe is a uniform stripe from end to end when in actuality it just looks that way. A proper boot stripe will change in width as the topsides roll under near the stern. This gives the optical illusion of a uniform stripe. Tim R.
A boot stipe will make a boat appear longer and less boxy. Definately a marketing gimic. I would think it would also make a boat easier to see and identify because it allows visual separation from the surface of the water. A lot of people think a boot stripe is a uniform stripe from end to end when in actuality it just looks that way. A proper boot stripe will change in width as the topsides roll under near the stern. This gives the optical illusion of a uniform stripe. Tim R.
Depends on the boat
whether a boot stripe looks great or not. The acetone is to remove the resident wax in the gelcoat that comes from manufacture. Definitely clean area to be painted with it, and a little fine sanding as mentioned is good too. Paints should probably be the waterline enamels made for that purpose, or a topside polyurethane. Tim is correct about the boot usually getting wider at the ends.
whether a boot stripe looks great or not. The acetone is to remove the resident wax in the gelcoat that comes from manufacture. Definitely clean area to be painted with it, and a little fine sanding as mentioned is good too. Paints should probably be the waterline enamels made for that purpose, or a topside polyurethane. Tim is correct about the boot usually getting wider at the ends.
Acetone does not remove the wax.
Interlux 212 removes the wax. The acetone might remove any uncured resin or soften poorly cured resin but it takes a solvent to remove the wax. Acetone does help in the preperation for a repair or secondary bond to polyester resins (this includes gelcoat). r.w.landau
Interlux 212 removes the wax. The acetone might remove any uncured resin or soften poorly cured resin but it takes a solvent to remove the wax. Acetone does help in the preperation for a repair or secondary bond to polyester resins (this includes gelcoat). r.w.landau
Aceton Doesn't Remove Wax?
You must be using either different wax or different acetone than I am familiar with. One problem with acetone is that it evaporates very quickly and it must be wiped off very quickly or it will leave the wax.
You must be using either different wax or different acetone than I am familiar with. One problem with acetone is that it evaporates very quickly and it must be wiped off very quickly or it will leave the wax.
The Acetone/ wax question
I am not a chemist. If you read the Interlux info, 212 removes wax. It is recommended prior to bottom painting to remove factory mold release wax. If you read literiture about polyester fiberglass repair it explains the reasons for an acetone wipe down prior to the repair. r.w.landau
I am not a chemist. If you read the Interlux info, 212 removes wax. It is recommended prior to bottom painting to remove factory mold release wax. If you read literiture about polyester fiberglass repair it explains the reasons for an acetone wipe down prior to the repair. r.w.landau
Retraction-My Apology
I took a small piece of Turtle Wax and dropped it into a small amount of acetone. It did not dissolve. I applied a little Turtle Wax to my car and then tried to remove it with acetone. I could not conclude one way or the other whether it removed it. Based on the first test, I would conclude that acetone will not remove wax. My apology to r.w.
I took a small piece of Turtle Wax and dropped it into a small amount of acetone. It did not dissolve. I applied a little Turtle Wax to my car and then tried to remove it with acetone. I could not conclude one way or the other whether it removed it. Based on the first test, I would conclude that acetone will not remove wax. My apology to r.w.
Dan, I reread your posts. Where is
your rude/insulting statement to R.W. that needs an apology? Seems like you just had a different opinion.
your rude/insulting statement to R.W. that needs an apology? Seems like you just had a different opinion.
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