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| Author: | jsloan999 [ Tue Apr 13, 2010 5:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | How do you remove hull stripes from early 80's hulls? |
I have been using a razor but the going is slow and a lot of dirty sticky gunk is still left on the surface. Does anyone know what might make this easier? |
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| Author: | ChrisD [ Tue Apr 13, 2010 5:36 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: How do you remove hull stripes from early 80's hulls? |
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/d ... mber=65057 Try this. It's a hot blade decal remover. It will do a pretty good job. You could also use a heat gun and a razor scraper but there will be less gouging of your gelcoat if you use the tool linked above. Sill going to need a solvent specific to the tape adhesive to remove the gunk. Acetone usually does it. |
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| Author: | MBounds [ Tue Apr 13, 2010 6:41 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: How do you remove hull stripes from early 80's hulls? |
I don't like using a razor to remove the stripes because of the gouging problem. Nasty solvents, a plastic scraper and lots of time. (nasty solvents and heat guns do not mix) |
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| Author: | waldorf [ Tue Apr 13, 2010 9:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: How do you remove hull stripes from early 80's hulls? |
try a hair dryer.. peel slow.... and then solvent (GOOF OFF) to remove the sticky gunk.... |
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| Author: | s30series [ Wed Apr 14, 2010 10:32 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: How do you remove hull stripes from early 80's hulls? |
rubbing alchol gets the residue off as well...i just rubbed it on the stripes and went at it with a razor on my 14t and it came off perfectly |
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| Author: | h16bill [ Fri Apr 16, 2010 6:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: How do you remove hull stripes from early 80's hulls? |
Warning, if you peel the stripes off of hulls that old, the gel coat under the stripe will be whiter, for years and years. |
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| Author: | rpdealer [ Sun May 09, 2010 9:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: How do you remove hull stripes from early 80's hulls? |
Sometimes a powerwasher will take them off. You will need to use fiberglass polish (works like a wax) to shine them up afterwards. I am debating doing this on one of my boats due to the problem mentioned above (lighter colored hull under the stripes). |
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| Author: | Jman6631 [ Mon May 10, 2010 10:47 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: How do you remove hull stripes from early 80's hulls? |
I just did this on a yellow '81 H16. I used a heat gun from Harbor Freight (not the one linked above, this one instead: http://www.harborfreight.com/1500-watt- ... 96289.html). Once you get the right technique it will take most of it off. Then I used goof off which worked great. The color differential was actually not that bad, and now I kind of like it. After I polished my hulls (with this: http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs/st ... sNum=10387) the color was much closer, close enough to live with anyway. Pound for pound it was definitely worth it that's for sure, considering the effort I put in and the result I got. Good luck! |
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| Author: | J_Eaton [ Wed May 12, 2010 10:44 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: How do you remove hull stripes from early 80's hulls? |
+ 1 on a real Heat Gun for removing stripes or stickers then use Acetone to remove the glue residue. Douche well with Acetone and rub lightly in a circular motion. Glue balls up and comes right off. Bill's right on the color diff...not so noticable on a white boat, really noticable on a yellow or blue boat. You may consider stripes back in the original location, but especially annoying are the locations of the old registration numbers. 
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