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Jon and V Boat Conversions & Modifications
1984 Starcraft SF-1616T Conversion
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<blockquote data-quote="GalacticJello" data-source="post: 379775" data-attributes="member: 17253"><p>Time for some paint removal... I was shopping at the "Man Mall" (Fleet Farm in MN) for some paint stripper that I could use in the garage, as it is still in the 30's here (it even snowed today). The pickings were slim. I settled on an orange bottle of "Citristrip" because it was in a gloopy gel-like form factor so it would theoretically stick to the sides well. I did not have high hopes for this stuff, how good of a job could it do if it didn't come with a ton of death warnings that all the other "big boy" strippers had?</p><p></p><p>So I tried it out on a small section of the transom, and let it sit for a couple of hours. I used a plastic scraper to see how much paint I could get off, and was pleasantly surprised!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]72900[/ATTACH]</p><p>So now it was off to the races. I covered the rest of the transom with this glop, and then moved onto the sides. After a couple of hours, we went along in small sections and removed most of the paint with the plastic scraper, and finished up removing the (I assume) green primer underneath with a wire brush.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]72901[/ATTACH]</p><p>Here's the transom and one side afterwards:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]72902[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]72903[/ATTACH]</p><p>I am pretty pleased with the Citristrip, I'll have to remember that stuff when I do the trailer...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GalacticJello, post: 379775, member: 17253"] Time for some paint removal... I was shopping at the "Man Mall" (Fleet Farm in MN) for some paint stripper that I could use in the garage, as it is still in the 30's here (it even snowed today). The pickings were slim. I settled on an orange bottle of "Citristrip" because it was in a gloopy gel-like form factor so it would theoretically stick to the sides well. I did not have high hopes for this stuff, how good of a job could it do if it didn't come with a ton of death warnings that all the other "big boy" strippers had? So I tried it out on a small section of the transom, and let it sit for a couple of hours. I used a plastic scraper to see how much paint I could get off, and was pleasantly surprised! [ATTACH type="full" alt="Transom.jpg"]72900._xfImport[/ATTACH] So now it was off to the races. I covered the rest of the transom with this glop, and then moved onto the sides. After a couple of hours, we went along in small sections and removed most of the paint with the plastic scraper, and finished up removing the (I assume) green primer underneath with a wire brush. [ATTACH type="full" alt="PaintRemoving.jpg"]72901._xfImport[/ATTACH] Here's the transom and one side afterwards: [ATTACH type="full" alt="2015-03-22 15.45.32.jpg"]72902._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="2015-03-22 15.45.11.jpg"]72903._xfImport[/ATTACH] I am pretty pleased with the Citristrip, I'll have to remember that stuff when I do the trailer... [/QUOTE]
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