I own a 1990 Regal Valanti 225SC. It is 22.5 feet long, what is the best way to remove fiberglass blisters and then get the bottom re gel-coated? I was thinking of that soda-blasting thing people are using now...
2007-01-23 00:40:19 · 3 answers · asked by guitar_playa101 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Boats & Boating
soda blasting may work but I'd be leary of leaving residue behind.....the same objection to sand blasting. What will work is a 4 1/2" grinder and lots of 36 grit disks......grind out the blisters in a football shaped divot that is wider at the surface than at the bottom...WEAR full protective gear..a painters suit taped at the elbows and wrists, goggles, head gear and a really good respirator....glass is the most itchy thing known to man.......take COLD showers to get it off you NOT HOT!!!
After you have ground out the blisters.....go away. A month would be good....to make sure all the water has dried out. Then fill in the divots with several football shaped layers of chopped mat, each on a little bigger than the next till it's flush.
Use epoxy resin. ONLY EPOXY RESIN.
Sand the repairs smooth; rough sand the whole bottom of the boat so all the paint is off and the existing gel coat rough; overcoat with the Interlux barrier coat system...I think that's 3 coats...or three coats of WEST epoxy and you're good to go for ten years
2007-01-23 01:50:13 · answer #1 · answered by yankee_sailor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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remember Ase-ton is a chemical to remove fibreglass.
but the are risky ting to Handel (Fire)(and to you body)
so the best way is used el-tool withe steel/stone plate to remove
the gel-coated.but take care it is issy to go true the boot.
you can sand-blasting..this cost more.
2007-01-23 01:41:01 · answer #2 · answered by Thor-Oskar 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sand it or soda it, prep it, fix it. good old boat has some nice articles on that stuff,
2007-01-23 00:54:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋