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<blockquote data-quote="DanOStarcraft" data-source="post: 515003" data-attributes="member: 35670">Thanks all for the replies.&nbsp; Comments are always very appreciated.&nbsp; I&#039;m making progress extremely slowly but nonetheless getting it done.&nbsp; For a 65 year old boat and my 55 year old body it&#039;s kind of physically demanding but far better than just sitting on a couch.&nbsp; I&#039;ve renovated and repaired many fiberglass boats but this is my first tinny resto.&nbsp; A couple friends suggested I get it soda/sand/glass blasted.&nbsp; So just to gather information I called a local blasting company.&nbsp; The guy was really friendly and helpful and asked what my plans were after the paint was removed.&nbsp; I said I wanted to leave it unpainted.&nbsp; He said that if they were to blast it there would be a rough surface remaining that would be prepped for paint but not for buffing and shining.&nbsp; I thanked him for his honesty.So.... looks like I&#039;ll just keep nibbling away at this.&nbsp; Maybe an hour or two at a time rather than full on hard days.&nbsp; So far I&#039;ve got probably six or eight hard hours into it.&nbsp; The bottom I may leave alone and just repaint.&nbsp; I&#039;m okay with the black and it looks like a very good paint job.&nbsp; The side colors were really unappealing to me so they had to go.&nbsp; The deck I&#039;ll either paint a seafoam-ish green or strip it too.&nbsp; The boat is just a hair too big to flip without a lot of help that I don&#039;t have around.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DanOStarcraft, post: 515003, member: 35670"] Thanks all for the replies. Comments are always very appreciated. I'm making progress extremely slowly but nonetheless getting it done. For a 65 year old boat and my 55 year old body it's kind of physically demanding but far better than just sitting on a couch. I've renovated and repaired many fiberglass boats but this is my first tinny resto. A couple friends suggested I get it soda/sand/glass blasted. So just to gather information I called a local blasting company. The guy was really friendly and helpful and asked what my plans were after the paint was removed. I said I wanted to leave it unpainted. He said that if they were to blast it there would be a rough surface remaining that would be prepped for paint but not for buffing and shining. I thanked him for his honesty. So.... looks like I'll just keep nibbling away at this. Maybe an hour or two at a time rather than full on hard days. So far I've got probably six or eight hard hours into it. The bottom I may leave alone and just repaint. I'm okay with the black and it looks like a very good paint job. The side colors were really unappealing to me so they had to go. The deck I'll either paint a seafoam-ish green or strip it too. The boat is just a hair too big to flip without a lot of help that I don't have around. [/QUOTE]

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