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Stipes on
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This is the stipes on the boat originally.
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The bottom is very rough and needs a bit of care. I will be using some putty to smooth out the rough spots and will probably paint it with balck anti foul paint. Not because it will ever get fouled but, for the fact it is black and is made for boat bottoms.
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The bottow was repaired by the previous owner
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Under the bottom most strake
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From the strake at the top is good glass below is very rough stuff. I will either fill and sand or try to polish.
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There is still some gloss in the old girl! But still needs some TLC.
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There is some gloss
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The KeelGuard installed
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I installed the keel guard over some fresh epoxy. Epoxy was cured first. I then sanded and washed with acetone and installed per the instructions.
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In the picture there are 6 seperate stripes!!! I had only 1 that was on top of another. I had a hard time getting these stripes off. I think it was they had dried in the sun as the bottom stripes were easier.
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There are 6 seperate stripes
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Tool of chioce
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This was purchased at Harbor freight for 19 dollars! Am very happy with it. It makes stripe remove easier as does having finger nails. The plastic scraper I tried melted. :)
>>>Be careful!!!<<<
BURNED FINGERS HURT!
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As you can see I can sometime pull more than 1. The issue i get was ever 4 or 5 inches there was a nick or cut in the stripe and thats all you get! So took a while to pull a stripe.
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Pulling stripes
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Some stripes removed
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It was easier to remove 1 stripe at a time. But you had to come back and do the same thing again and again and....
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The stripes are finally gone but now I get a new problem. The glue is still there. Will need to get it off somehow.
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Finally the stripe are gone
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The stripes have been removed
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The easy way to remove the stripes is with a heatgun. A hair dryer works but is slower a lot slower. The Gelcoat is still dull.
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This stuff is nasty and sticky. It is hard to pickup and throw away but I was happy to do so.
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Sticky dirt
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This is a different pile of debris
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I had 4 piles of this stuff. They could have saved a few dollars if they had not gone so crazy with the pinstripes!!!
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I have not done the starboard side yet.
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This is the rear side I did not compound
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This is the side before I coumpound
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I have not done the starboard side yet.
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I just wated to see how the compound would work.
I have not done the polishing yet. All I can say is OH MY!
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This is the results after just a compound
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This is the side after I coumpounded
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I did the side and some of the glue is still there but it looks 50% better. I will be removing the stick tape reesidue and redoing the compounding.
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