[Rhodes22-list] grinding vs blasting: was Lou and other trailers..

[Lou Rosenberg]

John

I know there are some newer methods for blasting off the paint (and  
possibly the gelcoat also) however I'm  restrained by my meager funds  
and  have found the grinder not that abusive.  One pass with a closed  
disc 36 grit takes off the paint (2 coats) and the subsequent pass  
takes most of the gelcoat.   For the most part I am on my back using  
a large block of wood as a backrest , sitting on my old blue cushions  
which were in bad shape when I bought the boat.
  Once my full face mask gets here I am going to be more protected  
and should be more productive.  I have roughly 5/8s of the boat left  
to do and if November is still warm enough i will coat the hull with  
its first layers of epoxy.



thanks
  Lou
On Oct 11, 2007, at 5:26 PM, john Belanger wrote:

> i have seen ads for a process done at your boats location involving  
> bicarbonate of soda blasting??? i don't know anything about it but  
> it sounds quick and less damaging than grinding. check it out!!
>
> Lou Rosenberg <lsr3 at nyu.edu> wrote:  Ben
>
> Good luck with the rebuilt boat!
> did you lose a diamond board or the older standard fin like I have?
> ***
> I am in the process of stripping all my bottom paint and gelcoat due
> to boatpox.
> Just took possession of a 3 gal air compressor yesterday from
> Harborfreight.com
> and awaiting a full 3M face mask to help me grind more efficiently
> and carefully.
>
> This is one of the toughest jobs ever. I would not recommend doing
> it unless you have the time, which of course I don't
> but do have the space and the patience.
>
> The plan is to replace the bad gelcoat with 12 layers of barrier coat
> then a hard bottom paint.
>
> Lou
> "Miracles"
> On Oct 11, 2007, at 9:43 AM, ben wrote:
>
>> We ended up re-launching a year to the day that Katrina made  
>> landfall,
>> so it was end of August, 2006. Then, in November, I hit a bit of
>> hurricane flotsam which cracked my centerboard and its round pivot  
>> and
>> set it free. In an effort to retrieve it (swimming in too-cold
>> water),
>> I bone-headedly sent it to the deep canal bottom, so I had to pull  
>> out
>> and go to Edenton for a new centerboard. So I pulled out again,
>> put in
>> the new centerboard, and relaunched again in March. All good since
>> then!
>>
>>
>>
>> Lou Rosenberg wrote:
>>> Ben
>>>
>>> When did you get your boat back to sailing condition?
>>>
>>> I was off list working on my project boat most of the year.
>>> Lou
>>>
>>> On Oct 10, 2007, at 3:23 PM, ben wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> How 'bout that! I never heard of them, but they're just one exit
>>>> before
>>>> I get off of the interstate to go sailing. If any of you need a
>>>> body to
>>>> run over there for some reason, let me know. Just keep in mind
>>>> that I
>>>> know squat about trailers and their parts, so I'm truly just an
>>>> ignorant
>>>> errand boy.
>>>>
>>>> Tootle wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Lou,
>>>>>
>>>>> The Sheriff is back in town. Axle information can be had at
>>>>> www.championtrailers.com
>>>>>
>>>>> Email or call and get their catalog. It has all the trailer
>>>>> goodies and
>>>>> some you have not thought of. Tell them I recommended you.
>>>>>
>>>>> Notice the location? Just down the street and around the corner
>>>>> from Ben of
>>>>> Velvet Elvis fame.
>>>>>
>>>>> Did I miss your question to this forum on this subject?
>>>>>
>>>>> Ed K
>>>>> Greenville, SC, USA
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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