I would imagine the problem with power washing off the bottom paint is the
amount of toxic runoff it would create and the difficulties in collecting it.
Gary
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From: Helen Abbott <h...@eastlink.ca>
To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Sent: Wednesday, September 5, 2012 7:43 PM
Subject: Stus-List Antifouling removal - chemical strippers
Dwight:
I don't understand then why the "marine contractors" don't pressure wash
the antifouling paints(s) off instead of the usual methods of sanding,
scrapping, chemical peels, soda blasting, etc. Don't know anyone around
here that advertises "pressure washing".......do you?
Bob
On 2012/09/05 1:13 PM, dwight veinot wrote:
> Bob
> I think it will remove the ablative paint if you use a higher pressure
> unit...may take some adjusting to get it right without affecting the gel
> coat if there is no epoxy barrier coat below the ablative paint...the one
> the yard uses is not producing high enough pressure to remove paint and I
> think they want it that way
>
> Dwight Veinot
> C&C 35 MKII, Alianna
> Head of St. Margaret's Bay, NS
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> Don:
>
> A pressure washer will not remove an ablative paint. When our boat is
> hauled every Fall, the bottom is pressure washed by the yard staff and
> while it might remove a small amount of the paint, it will not remove it
> so as the gelcoat is showing.
>
> I have been using Micron CSC for the past 12 years, which is an ablative
> paint, and no pressure washing has ever removed it. Put Micron 66 on
> this Spring and would expect the same result.
>
> Bob Abbott
> AZURA
> C&C 32 - 84
> Halifax, N.S.
>
>
>
> On 2012/09/05 12:08 PM, Don Siddall wrote:
>> Would a pressure washer work on a soft ablative paint? What psi would
>> be needed?
>>
>> Don
>>
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