30' Boat, 23' too! Long detail! (lots of pictures)

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LeadingEdgeDetail

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Owner bought the boat from California, I believe it was sitting out for a while before he got it:

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With a horrible looking trailer

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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



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Even after compounding, there was many deep scratches left:



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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:

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



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For some reason I don't have many after pictures, but here are the wheels:



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



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(Those were a few days work!)
 
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.
 
: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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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
 
"...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.
 
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.
 
Nice work!!!



I do my Dad's boat every year. The thig is, the white on the deck is getting the faded dirty chalky look. Would OCH and OP work on the white fiberglass? I would be using a PC.



Thanks,

Steve
 
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