old glass dinghy

[ratherbefishin]

old glass dinghy

I acquired a fiberglass dinghy under a ''free stuff'' sign by the side of the road- and it is in sad shape.The exterior had been repaired with rough patches, resin runs,and no sanding.The interior wood is badly weathered, and all the paint peeling.<br /> So- first order of business will be to remove all the wood, seats and gunnels, then use a powerwasher to clean it up, remove as much peeling paint as will lift and see what I have.Napier environmental[ www.napierenvironmental.com ]makes some very excellent non toxic strippers that I have used in the past, and this save a great deal of time and effort to get everything down to the substrate.Easy to use- brush it on, leave it overnight, then powerwash it off right down to substrate.This stuff won't harm the gel coat, either[ R&D done at Canoe Cove Marina to strip anti fouling paint],completely non toxic, no fumes nor does it burn exposed skin.<br /> Once all that is done, then it's going to take some serious sanding to clean up the patches and fair the hull.I may just use a regularPorch enamel, or spring for one of the two part epoxy paints, depending on how it looks..

 

[ratherbefishin]

Re: old glass dinghy

Re: old glass dinghy

the old paint is lifting nicely, but from my experiance this will probably take a couple of applications of Removall.I;ll powerwash it this morning, then apply a second coat of stripper, and that should do it.

 

[ratherbefishin]

Re: old glass dinghy

Re: old glass dinghy

one benefit to stripping all the old paint off was to reveal painted over cracks and splits that had been covered up.After stripping everything down to the bare fiberglass, I used some epoxy and glass cloth to make repairs.Hopefully by getting all the old paint off, I will get good adhesion.

 

[G DANE]

Re: old glass dinghy

Re: old glass dinghy

You will have to sand every repairplace anyway. Good luck. Sometimes these old things are lot better than expected. My little boy has a 8' beauty from 1969.