Stripping the bottom of a CD Typhoon
At the start I think there may have been 35 years worth of paint on the bottom of this boat minus what had chipped off. I knew this was going to be a big job at the beginning but thought maybe I'd get lucky and most of it would just power wash off and a lot did. It ended up being a 3 stage process. Power wash, Chemical Strip then ultimately grind/sand off the remaining paint. Stage 1. Power washing let's see what we have here. A good power wash also identified some problem areas around the rudder gudgeon, and shaft. That can't be good. Well there is still some fiber glass holding the rudder on. Inspector is up from his nap... Dad things are not looking good here. Stage 2 Paint Stripper. For this I used Back to Nature Ready Strip . Found at your friendly West Marine. The reviews on West's web site are pretty accurate. The stripper is not a cure all but given time it takes off quite a bit. I stripped t