The attached picture was taken after a couple rounds of paint stripping on the dark paint stripe at the waterline. The sharp orange line is parallel to the current waterline - I wonder if that is a design waterline or an old freshwater waterline mark? The orange is kind of soft when removing paint from it. Not like gelcoat at all. It doesn't seem to be paint, but it may be. I have found a thin layer of orange all the way down to the aft thru-hull location, which still has white gelcoat leftover from the original construction.
Does anyone know what the orange substance might be? We found the same orange color and softness under the blue paint stripe below the deck/hull joint, except there is a nice straight white "racing" stripe (gelcoat, not paint) running through the middle of that upper orange area.
We're using the Interlux Interstrip 299E with mixed results. It clings well, but the dark paint at the top of the stripe in the picture just ignores it - it's been very hard to remove. It softens a little, but the putty knife just glances off until you happen to get an edge with a sharp blade. The clean section, which extends the length of the boat but varies in width, was damaged by removing masking tape at our last haulout three years ago. So about half the blue comes off easily and the rest might have to be sanded and left on. I think this is Easypoxy - at least that is the brand of leftover paint that came with the boat. We're planning to repaint with Brightsides.
If someone can shed any light on the orange stuff we would appreciate it. The upper stripe comes off easier, but was also damaged by masking tape when the hull was being shined up with rubbing compound.
Thanks. This is getting to be a long layup.
Does anyone know what the orange substance might be? We found the same orange color and softness under the blue paint stripe below the deck/hull joint, except there is a nice straight white "racing" stripe (gelcoat, not paint) running through the middle of that upper orange area.
We're using the Interlux Interstrip 299E with mixed results. It clings well, but the dark paint at the top of the stripe in the picture just ignores it - it's been very hard to remove. It softens a little, but the putty knife just glances off until you happen to get an edge with a sharp blade. The clean section, which extends the length of the boat but varies in width, was damaged by removing masking tape at our last haulout three years ago. So about half the blue comes off easily and the rest might have to be sanded and left on. I think this is Easypoxy - at least that is the brand of leftover paint that came with the boat. We're planning to repaint with Brightsides.
If someone can shed any light on the orange stuff we would appreciate it. The upper stripe comes off easier, but was also damaged by masking tape when the hull was being shined up with rubbing compound.
Thanks. This is getting to be a long layup.
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