I have about 9 layers of paint that needs to come off and sanding is not going to get done this year, has anyone used the sou stip, Practical Sailor gave it a great review and pidkced it over about 10 brands.
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didn't work for me
Hello, I tried the Soy Strip last November. I had a LOT of old bottom paint to remove. The Soy strip didn't work. It softened the paint, but didn't come close to removing it all. In defense of Soy Strip, when I used it the temperature was about 52 degrees or so. They state it has to be above 50 for it to work. I probably would have worked better on a warmer day, but I didn't have time to wait. I tried Interlux stripper, sanding, and scraping. The scraping worked best of all, but was slow, dirty, hard work. I gave up and hired a guy to soda blast the old paint off. That worked great and you can read about my boat here: http://www.sailnet.com/forums/gear-maintenance/42402-bottom-paint-1-me-2-all-done-test.html Barry
Hello, I tried the Soy Strip last November. I had a LOT of old bottom paint to remove. The Soy strip didn't work. It softened the paint, but didn't come close to removing it all. In defense of Soy Strip, when I used it the temperature was about 52 degrees or so. They state it has to be above 50 for it to work. I probably would have worked better on a warmer day, but I didn't have time to wait. I tried Interlux stripper, sanding, and scraping. The scraping worked best of all, but was slow, dirty, hard work. I gave up and hired a guy to soda blast the old paint off. That worked great and you can read about my boat here: http://www.sailnet.com/forums/gear-maintenance/42402-bottom-paint-1-me-2-all-done-test.html Barry
I used Peel Away and when I grew tired of paying the asking price
I bought 50 pounds of hydrated lime and several pounds of sodium hydroxide(red devil lye). I would desolve a pound of NaOH in water for a 35% concentrated solution and mix it with lime to make a paste. I spread that and covered it with freezer paper. Couldn't tell the difference
I bought 50 pounds of hydrated lime and several pounds of sodium hydroxide(red devil lye). I would desolve a pound of NaOH in water for a 35% concentrated solution and mix it with lime to make a paste. I spread that and covered it with freezer paper. Couldn't tell the difference
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