Removing paint from epoxy fiberglass

jscottk · October 12, 2011, 4:47pm

I hate green paint

I have to take the paint off, because I have to redo the the fiberglass, and I cannot get the epoxy to stick over the paint.

urg, I have spent time trying to just sand off the paint only to find its a combo of house paint and spraypaint.

When I sand it it turns to bubble gum, really hot bubble gum.

Sanding is not going to ake it off?

West marine 299E? fiberglass paint stripper?

Acetone?

After the paint is off I plan on laying down another layer of glass top and bottom, and a gloss coat.

Ideas?

The board is a 4,11 Forestall/Coda fish/kneeboard.simms type…

clc · October 12, 2011, 4:53pm

Back to Nature Ready Strip should work great.

jscottk · October 12, 2011, 5:03pm

thanks, at this point if the whole board melts down to a pile of goop I might be better off…

jscottk · March 13, 2012, 9:05pm

Thought I would add a final note of progress on here.

Nature strip worked great, really really better then I had hoped.

It took off a the layer of stupidity (not my paint job, not me, nope nope nope) from the board in 24hours.

In 50 and below degree weather as well…

Left in on, took a sharp flat piece of wood, it got 85%+ off the paint off.