Sorry for the late reply, but I've been traveling this month. I use a pressure washer to remove the ablative paint on both of my boats when I do the bottoms. I use Pettit ACP60 of Ultima SR, but used to use Micron.
Your yard probably turns the pressure washer down to under 1800psi or so when they wash the bottom. Pressures of 2500 to 3500psi will strip the ablative paint off the bottom down to the hard paint (Trinidad PRO, in my case) used for a primer/signal coat. Be careful of too much pressure held too close to the surface being stripped. A friend got a bit inattentive or over enthusiastic, used a 3600psi washer, and actually blew some of the gelcoat off of his Columbia 36. But you really have to be aggressive to damage the gelcoat. Rick Brass Imzadi -1976 C&C 38 mk1 la Belle Aurore -1975 C&C 25 mk1 Washington, NC -----Original Message----- 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. Bob Abbott AZURA C&C 32 - 84 Halifax, N.S. _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
