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doomie22 
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 Topic: Removing paint of a HeronPosted: 18 Nov 10 at 12:13pm |
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Hi all,
I have been given a heron by a close friend of mine as he cannot restore it to its glory days. I am in the process of removing all the paint so I can fix all the issues with it (was originally made in 1963). I have been looking at Nitro Mors to help get the paint off, but I am really scared that it might damage the wood. Can nitro mors be used on a wooden boat like mine, if so which colour tin is the best (noticed that there is a couple of versions of it). Thank you, Doomie
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kfz
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Posted: 18 Nov 10 at 1:22pm |
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Yellow is the best (probably the best paint remover ful stop) and is very wood friendly, Ive never manage to damage the wood no matter how long its left on. IF your worried then start in a dark place. Not sure you will find it easy to restore a painted boat to a varnished one though. You may find the deck isn't that good.
I have personally pretty much dropped the use of paint removers in favor of the vastly cheaper, quicker, much less messy and generally easier heat gun. Kev
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doomie22
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Posted: 18 Nov 10 at 1:26pm |
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thank you for that info.
The bottom of the boat is painted, the inside and top is varnished, but the paint is just not coming off with a heatgun atm and I have tried a belt sander but that isn't my cup of tea to removing paint as I don't know how many times its been done in the past.
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winging it
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Posted: 18 Nov 10 at 1:27pm |
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dead right Kev, a heat gun is the way to go. Less messy (unless you burn yourself) and more rewarding. If you don't clean the wood really thoroughly after notromors you will be forever sorry - learned from bitter experience.
Doomie, the rest of the cvrda clan will be here shortly to welcome you in.... |
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the same, but different...
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kfz
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Posted: 18 Nov 10 at 1:42pm |
Well then you dont care if you burn it a bit assuming your going to paint the hull? Belt sander is useless just clogs up. Sounds like your heat gun is a bit wimpy (which will defo burn the wood). Can you borrow a bigger one. Maybe its painted with 2 pack or something???? Kev
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doomie22
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Posted: 18 Nov 10 at 1:46pm |
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Looking at the paint, it has about 7 separate coats of paint and I really don't know how long its been on, in parts it comes off so easily, but the parts that are currently left to remove are just being so annoying.
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kfz
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Posted: 18 Nov 10 at 1:51pm |
Yea I had the same (inc pink!) . Heat gun on High and work quickly. Kev
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SoggyBadger
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Posted: 18 Nov 10 at 2:15pm |
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Here's a link to an article on the CVRDA website
http://www.cvrda.org/boats/hintstips/varnishing/removing_varnish.htm It's about getting varnish off but should be equally applicable to paint. I think the key is not to rush things. Just be glad you're doing a Heron and not a National 18 :) |
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Best wishes from deep in the woods
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Rupert
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Posted: 18 Nov 10 at 2:24pm |
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I like a triangular scraper with a comfey handle (work at a small angle to the grain) and a fairly decent heat gun. Leave the gun heating the paint until it just begins to raise a blister, then scrape, moving the gun to heat the next bit as you do. In the good old days (when doing this sort of thing a lot) I could strip an Albacore in about 8 hours, with just a couple of short breaks. Funnily enough, years later, I now suffer from gammy back and shoulders. Take the job easy, enjoy discovering what is under there!
Oh, heat guns appear to be expendable, by the way... |
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JimC
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Posted: 18 Nov 10 at 2:27pm |
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I'd not advise stripping all the paint off if you have a choice. Better to sand back as long as the paint is adhering. You lose wood if you strip, and you have a lot more fairing and filling to do. The weapon of choice for doing a lot of boat sanding is the ransom orbital sander. Belt sanders are too risky.
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