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LeadingEdgeDetail
03-01-2007, 11:31 PM
Owner bought the boat from California, I believe it was sitting out for a while before he got it:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v89/DasCoupe/aIMG_1736.jpg



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v89/DasCoupe/aIMG_1743.jpg



With a horrible looking trailer

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v89/DasCoupe/aIMG_1749.jpg



Luckily the trailer soon went out to get powdercoated



Cutpolished with OHC and PowerGloss, via Rotary



Then I polished with OP, and finished with #26



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v89/DasCoupe/aIMG_1780.jpg



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v89/DasCoupe/aIMG_1761.jpg



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v89/DasCoupe/aIMG_1771.jpg



Even after compounding, there was many deep scratches left:



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v89/DasCoupe/aIMG_1784.jpg







He also wanted some decals removed.... However I found out, they aren`t decals at all... But Painted! He still wanted them gone, so to work I went. Firstly I used a heatgun to heat the top layer of paint, then scraped it off with a plastic scraper. Did this until there was just some residue left:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v89/DasCoupe/aIMG_1816.jpg



I then rubbed the remaining with a solvent, until there was nothing left. Then I wetsanded the pinstriping with 2000grit:



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v89/DasCoupe/aIMG_1817.jpg



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v89/DasCoupe/aIMG_1820.jpg



For some reason I don`t have many after pictures, but here are the wheels:



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v89/DasCoupe/aIMG_1838.jpg





And here is the second boat, which I one-stepped:



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v89/DasCoupe/aIMG_1834.jpg



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v89/DasCoupe/aIMG_1835.jpg



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v89/DasCoupe/aIMG_1848.jpg



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v89/DasCoupe/aIMG_1851.jpg



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v89/DasCoupe/aIMG_1829.jpg



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v89/DasCoupe/aIMG_1858.jpg



(Those were a few days work!)
mgm2003
03-02-2007, 12:01 AM
Oh my, Great turn around!



I`d be sore for a few days after that :)
Whitethunder46
03-02-2007, 12:03 AM
I have to ask, how much do you get paid for something like that?
LeadingEdgeDetail
03-02-2007, 12:49 AM
In total, I spent somewhere around 26 hours. 2 full 10 hour days, and a few evenings.



Billed for 18 hours for the big boat @ $40/h, and 5.5 hours for the smaller boat.



Total bill was $720 + tax, and $220 + tax.
Scottwax
03-02-2007, 01:43 AM
:eek: Wow, what a huge job! Excellent turnaround too.



I know you had a hard couple of days, boats can be really tough if they aren`t well maintained.
ttsoca
03-02-2007, 02:31 AM
Wow that is amazing what you where able to do! I love the polish that came out of the rims. I wounder what they would look like in the water.
ttsoca
03-02-2007, 02:35 AM
What did you use a metal polish?
shadybreal
03-02-2007, 06:42 AM
What did you use on the second boat for the one-step?
vwgtivw
03-02-2007, 08:26 AM
Next time when you remove painted on lettering try some E-Z Off oven cleaner.

Just do a little bit at a time. Works great.
dudemandanman
03-02-2007, 09:34 AM
just a side note, for those graphics that get painted on Easy Off oven cleaner works great at taking them off. yes oven cleaner. i work at a sign shop and we use it all the time to take off really old graphics that were painted on. just spray it on, let it sit for a few minutes, and then it literally wipes right off.



oh, and great job on the boats!! haha
BobD
03-02-2007, 09:49 AM
Very nice jobs and boats! I used to build custom boat trailers and miss being around them.
imported_ChrisNJ
03-02-2007, 10:20 AM
What did you use on the second boat for the one-step?



2nd. curious to know.
LeadingEdgeDetail
03-02-2007, 11:10 AM
AutoGlym SRP! Worked great, but the bottle sucks, and I used half a bottle on the boat because I couldn`t get the amount I wanted out!
imported_doctordon
03-02-2007, 12:26 PM
"...Firstly I used a heatgun to heat the top layer of paint".



Stumpy: Was it gelcoat under the paint? We`re you not afraid the base color was also a paint job? Scary...but good for you.
LeadingEdgeDetail
03-02-2007, 07:21 PM
It was gelcoat under, which was the only reason I was able to do what I did.



I heated the lettering just to the point where it would bubble, then I could scrape the whole thing off.



It was sketchy, but I couldn`t figure out a better way at the time.