Removing Antifouling Bottom Paint the Easy Way 

Glad you enjoyed the video. I had fun making it!

Thank you from Florida, USA! Good luck with your project…

A word to the wise…😂

Thanks! Usually I equate eco-friendly with useless but this product actually worked really well.

Thanks! It was fun making the video…

@@nickrdgz9323 I didn’t make a “final video”, but I’ll see if I can find a video that has some good shots of the hull with the anti-fouling paint removed.

I figured some people would enjoy the scrapey goodness!

Ha ..good one!!! “Back to Nature” Aqua Strip. A gallon was about $50. I’m not normally a “environmentally friendly” guy, but this stuff worked great. I bought it at a local marine supply store but I’m sure Amazon, or even the manufacturer has it.

No one sees underneath!

I try to put relevant safety information in all of my videos!

Harbor Freight. The size is Chinese Giant

@@jahson1078 I don’t see why not. You are just removing the paint and I don’t believe it’s corrosive to aluminum. It worked really well and was pretty “green”.

The paint stripper that I used seem to be pretty gentle to the hole. If you still had some residual paint that was not coming off, you could probably send it with 1000 or 2000 grit wet sandpaper in spots. The gelcoat would probably come back to a nice shine if you compounded it with a good quality product. I use a product called ChopTop from Shine Supply, and I apply it with a DA polisher from Harbor Freight and an orange foam polishing pad from Lake Country. The polishing compound cost as much as the machine and the pad. I think you’ll get really good results with that combination if you just take your time.

Pretty gentle to the hull, not the hole! I was using text to speech. Sorry…

Thank you for your reply and helpful advice 👍....would this stripper be more gentle on the gel coat more than soda blasting? ....@@RandomlyAwkward1

I removed it for aesthetics because I’m keeping the boat on a trailer at my house so I don’t need to use anti fouling paint like the previous owner that kept it in the water all the time.

@@RandomlyAwkward1 oh apologies I'm new to the industry and trying to learn. Can I ask a question with metals can you apply antifoul direct to a sigma paint? Iv heard its possible if done at the right time. Thanks

@@MBicknell From quick research, PPG makes a bonding paint called Sigmacover that is put in between the dissimilar paint products. Here’s a link to the info: docs.td.ppgpmc.com/download/389/389/sigma-alphagen-230 Hope this helps!

I honestly don’t know, but I would guess that the bottom paint had been applied several times over the years.

No, it’s too difficult to get to while the boat is on the trailer. The part I did was mostly for aesthetics. It’s not really a “high performance” boat so I don’t think it will matter too much.