Peelaway use Question

[Ray E.]

I know some of you people have used Peelaway product to remove bottom paint. My question is: Can you use a home type paint sprayer to apply the product and if so do you need a thinner? If not then what do you recommend as to how to apply the stuff.Ray

 

[Peggie Hall/Head Mistress]

Apply according to directions on the can

And follow the rest of the directions on the can to the letter, too. The only people I've ever seen bad-mouth the product are those who've tried to invent a better easier way.Do NOT thin it...do not spray it...it has to be applied like icing a cake, in the thickness specified by the directions, and most importantly it has to be used within the temperature ranges specified and remain on for the specified time. Mess with any of that and you won't be happy with the result...follow the directions and you'll get great results.

 

[Les Blackwell]

Do just like the instructions say

I have used Peal-A-Way and it was very successful. I have seen some results that were not as good as what I achieved. My recommendation is to get several large wall paper brushes from a paint store. Go cheap because you'll throw them away.Then slurp that stuff on thick (not thin) like oatmeal all over the bottom. One person slap and one person cover with paper. We didn't have enough paper so had to buy more. It really works well.

 

[John K Kudera]

AND if it's windy or warm

I agree with the other posts, in addition, use blue masking tape, the 2 inch stuff that sells for $9 a roll, and tape all the joints in the paper, and the waterline. when you do this the remover stays wet, and it does one heck of a good job, messy, but good. a cheap throw away trash can for the paper and residu is also a good idea.Begin your peel where you started, wipe off as much as you can, we found that when it dries on the hull it needs to be sanded off, or another peelaway treatment. On our job we removed 5 layers of paint. Good Luck!

 

[Derek Rowell]

Don't leave it on too long!

I have seen several people leave the paper on too long so that the stripper set like the best glue in the world. One fellow at our marina left it for a couple of weeks and had to sand it off - he called the Peel-Away folk and they couldn't help him.I have used the regular stuff in restoring my antique house with great success - the wood moldings were so full of paint you could not see the profile. Peel-Away "lifted" off more than a dozen coats of paint at one shot - down to the bare wood. Again I had to be careful not to let it dry out.Derek