I’m in the same boat, only my aft bunk and vee are also stripped of vinyl & foam, leaving the charming glue residue. Bob F. warns that MEK will also remove certain childhood memories and 2/3 of your liver. I have tried other somewhat less toxic adhesive removers but these proved less than great. Minnesota Mining & Mfg., anyone?

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It’s the chemical composition of adhesives which demand a solvent, all of which are not advised to be inhaled, so plenty of ventilation is required and rubber gloves. Or, a chisel and sandpaper.

Good luck

— On Wed, 4/29/09, Adam Silverstein <> wrote:

I’m not sure which storage area you are talking about, but on our 424 I have been busy removing the old vinyl and lining the areas with marine carpet. The carpet is extremely easy to work with as its backing is rubberized. A sharp box cutter can cut through it like butter. I’ve been able to do a pro job with a little bit of patience and contact cement.

I have completed the major areas inside the hull in both the aft and forward cabins and they look like a new boat’s trimming. I plan to start on the storage cubbies next. No need to worry about sanding surfaces or using deathly chems to remove residue.

Check out Corinthian Marine Carpets. The material is mildew resistant and is used for outdoor applications as well. I bought a 6×25 role for around $175 with free shipping. Note that the cut pile product is extremely good at hiding slight cutting mistakes

Dan Kalinowski
Lady Leanne (#135)
Honolulu

I’ve painted most of mine with BilgeCoat. Then added a layer of Reflectix.
alan

— On Wed, 4/29/09, howard <> wrote:

How’dja get the gnarly glue off?

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On Apr 29, 2009, at 6:02 PM, Alan P < ([email][/email])> wrote:

Don’t care much for my childhood memories.
….Acetone and a stiff brush
a

— On Wed, 4/29/09, adam silverstein <> wrote:

I have a good wife who scraped, sanded, and swore at the glue that holds the foam on. But after a winter of working she had it all removed. She used her fingers to remove the softer stuff, and I used a power wheel to help. Anyway it’s all gone and we have replaced it with a Triton Oyster foam backed vinyl we got from King Richard Co. (nice folks) http://www.UpholsterySupplies.Com We used 3M 08088 General Trim Adhesive we got from Sailrite. Work fast with this stuff as once it sets you can’t get it off.

Dawn and I scraped and scraped and scraped. We painted it with a white epoxy paint. I think it was from Pettit, but I’m not sure. I’ll look when I’m on the boat today or this weekend.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/deepplaya/sets/72157605240687273/

We used De-Solv-it which is a citrus based solvent, non-toxic, no harmful fumes, works slower takes more time, cleans up with water and the boat smells great afterwards. The big orange hardened foam and glue came off mostly with a big paint scraper. The white caulk the PO or Broker squirted in there came off with a razor blade and really strong hands (I pulled the old registration letters off my dinghy by hand). The really gummy clear stuff came off with the citrus solvent and a razor blade.

We didn’t get every single square inch of the fiberglass clean. There are some hardened yelloworange areas and we just painted over it as-is. The paint has shrunk a bit in those areas and cracked. I think had I scored it with 80 girt first it would have stuck better. When we fill the boat with our stuff you’ll never ever see it I’m sure.

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We did scrape and scrape, and used a paint remover scraper from Home Depot that had a handle. That worked great. I used a razor blade for the guey stuff and De Solv It and in some areas there is just fiberglass with no gu on it at all. The paint did shrink in places which sucks but like Patrick said, we should have run some gritty sandpaper over it first. We did you Petit’s hull paint which is super thick and coats well.
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