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Yesterday I was removing numbers and stickers from a whaler I am fixing up and used the iBoats recommended method of a heat gun. The letters (maybe 48 years old?) came off fine, but the registration sticker was tougher. Got down to about 1988 when they got stubborn, I got impatient, and then pealed up gel coat with the sticker! should have known when my plastic scraper was getting soft.
oh well, live and learn, since I'm patching and painting I can deal with it, but it would be a real shame if I was just taking off old stickers, especially on a colored hull.
Let me make your mistakes for you! I'm sure I'll have more as the project progresses.
I did find that an angle grinder--very carefully and a light touch--is good for a first pass on sanding down fiberglass repairs and getting the major blobs down.
I ahd a couple of drips of resin and when i knocked them off with a scraper they pulled off the gel coat so grind/sand them instead.
oh well, live and learn, since I'm patching and painting I can deal with it, but it would be a real shame if I was just taking off old stickers, especially on a colored hull.
Let me make your mistakes for you! I'm sure I'll have more as the project progresses.
I did find that an angle grinder--very carefully and a light touch--is good for a first pass on sanding down fiberglass repairs and getting the major blobs down.
I ahd a couple of drips of resin and when i knocked them off with a scraper they pulled off the gel coat so grind/sand them instead.
