Can I sand the rest of this off....

[josh6780]

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[Bob_VT]

Re: Can I sand the rest of this off....

WHY? If it is smooth enough you can prime over it and re-paint unless you want to polish the aluminum.

 

[tashasdaddy]

Re: Can I sand the rest of this off....

agreed

 

[josh6780]

Re: Can I sand the rest of this off....

seriously? I need to sand it smooth though right? I am going to be putting a bed liner in, so I don't want anything to peel.

 

[Boomyal]

Re: Can I sand the rest of this off....

seriously? I need to sand it smooth though right? I am going to be putting a bed liner in, so I don't want anything to peel.

I would seriously ask the makers of the bedliner material what constitutes a good stable base for their product.

 

[cjames]

Re: Can I sand the rest of this off....

if they need it bare metal to apply the bedliner, I think it would be a good day to rent a small sandblaster. If you go and spray bedliner in it, wont it suck if you ever have to patch a leak?

 

[josh6780]

Re: Can I sand the rest of this off....

If I spray bed liner in it. I will probably never have a leak. And if I do ill just patch the bottom of the boat till its gone.

 

[Bob_VT]

Re: Can I sand the rest of this off....

STOP!!

A few thoughts and some sound advice..............

Bedliner IS NOT a stop leak... it may act like one but it is not the right substance to use. Aluminum boat with leaks needs to have rivets either reset or replaced, cracks welded ....... easy to find the leaks. Then use Gluvit epoxy to seal the seams and rivits from the inside. Then you can apply bedliner (waste of $$$ IMO in a small aluminum boat) or paint and add some non-slip additive if you like.

If you want to use a bedliner material for a non-slip surface you jost need to make sure there is no wax or oils on the surface. Bedliner shops use the 3m plastic scrub type wheel to clean, dull and prep the surfces for the liner. They do not strip truck beds to bare metal...... only dull the paint.

A sandblaster IS NOT a good idea for an aluminum boat. It will remove material and make things weak/thin not too mention the risk of blasting right through soft aluminum.

 

[tashasdaddy]

Re: Can I sand the rest of this off....

imho, your are wasting time and money, these 2 boats were painted with the homedepot/lowes cheap canned spray paint. the red/white one is 3 years since paint. i just cleaned, light sanded, and sprayed. less than $30. for each boat.

 

[gewf631]

Re: Can I sand the rest of this off....

seriously? I need to sand it smooth though right? I am going to be putting a bed liner in, so I don't want anything to peel.

josh6780 you seemed to have left your other thread about stripping aluminum die.

Sounds like you're just asking the same question. As several replies to that post mentioned, you just need to remove anything loose, scuff what's left, and clean the surface. Bed liner is a thick product, even more so if you use the stipple roller for a non-skid surface. If the previous paint has held-up this long, you should have no problem.