Removing painted lettering

[John T1594]

I had the occassion to try out some of the good advice from this HOW Forum on removing painted lettering from my(new) boat. I will share with you my experience and observations. EZ-Off oven cleaner works great! I tried it on two different days and it works just OK when the weather is in the 50's and much better in the 70's. It took two-three applications of the oven cleaner with scrubbing with a Scotchbrite pad to get 99% of the paint off. There were a few thick paint spots that had to be lightly scraped. I only had the yellow staining of the fiberglass when I used the oven cleaner in direct sunlight. The yellow staining was easily removed with a light application of the mildly abrasive SoftScrub(with bleach) cleaner.

 

[Roger]

Removing paint

John, Did you do this to remove hunter logo paint? I am going to try to remove the hunter on the side to put the boat's name in it's place. Will that method work for that? Does it damage the substrate at all?Thanks!

 

[John T1594]

Transom lettering

Roger,I used the described method to remove the hand painted-on lettering on the transom - boat name and hailing port. It was a glossy paint that I assume was some type of enamel. This method will not work for vinyl graphics that are stuck onto the hull. I'm not sure what type of lettering is used for the Hunter logo but I suspect that it is vinyl, stick-on lettering. Check the HOW archives for advice on removing them. Most seem to suggest a hair dryer and a scraper.