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JeanAndre
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Initially Posted - 11/22/2011 :  15:10:44  Show Profile  Visit JeanAndre's Homepage
Hello Frank,

I was looking at your boat pictures.

What kind of sandblasting equipment did you use to clean the bottom of the 82 boat?

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Jean André - St. Louis - MO
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Tomas Kruska
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Response Posted - 11/23/2011 :  01:36:20  Show Profile  Visit Tomas Kruska's Homepage
I would bet its a soda blasting.
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panhead1948
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Response Posted - 11/23/2011 :  10:09:30  Show Profile
I had my boat bottom soda blasted maybe four years ago. Soda is easier on the gelcoat, The gentlman had done boats before and did a great job. I had a surveyor check it for moisture and then applied four coats of barrier paint.
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JimGo
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Response Posted - 11/23/2011 :  10:11:54  Show Profile
Soda blasting = shaking up a bottle of cola and aiming it at the hull?
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Dave5041
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Response Posted - 11/23/2011 :  10:15:14  Show Profile
I think it's done with a 2 liter Coke and a package of Mentos.
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pastmember
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Response Posted - 11/23/2011 :  10:17:44  Show Profile
It is Soda Blasting. I found a guy who did it to collectable Corvettes, he thought it was great fun to do a boat. I paid $300, but I think that is a bit low for market price. It was wonderful, followed with a serious barrier coat. I felt it gave a new life to the hull.
On my '89 I was able to use very high pressure water to get to the bare bottom because of the factory barrier coat on '89s, it left the barrier in tact. I assume that once a good barrier coat is laid down you can strip your bottom with a gas powered pressure washer like I did on the '89. Having had Hydrocoat on the '82 and VC17 on the '89 I would never use anything other than VC17 if at all possible.
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pastmember
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Response Posted - 11/23/2011 :  10:22:33  Show Profile
The photo in my sig sure make the hull look pretty, makes you want to dry sail.
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JimGo
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Response Posted - 11/23/2011 :  10:39:36  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Dave5041</i>
<br />I think it's done with a 2 liter Coke and a package of Mentos.
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<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i> Originally posted by pastmember</i>
<br /> It is Soda Blasting. I found a guy...he thought it was great fun...<br />
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Dang, if that's soda blasting, I'd be happy to hire my kids out. I'm sure they'd be willing to charge a lot less than $300 so squirt Coke at a hull.

(OK, that's my last soda "joke", I promise)
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tbosch
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Response Posted - 11/23/2011 :  11:16:25  Show Profile
Jean,

Here is a thread that has pictures and comments about my soda blasting experience as well as Frank's.

http://catalina-capri-25s.org/forum/topic.asp?ARCHIVE=true& TOPIC_ID=18829& SearchTerms=soda,blast
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JeanAndre
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Response Posted - 11/23/2011 :  13:11:57  Show Profile  Visit JeanAndre's Homepage
Thanks everybody for your help.

Thanks for the valuable insights Jim. I bet Kids, a boat and Soda, That would be a Blast, Huh?

I may plan some cleaning on my hull, I would love to have a nice White hull for a change.
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JimGo
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Response Posted - 11/24/2011 :  22:08:45  Show Profile
That was bad, Jean.

Good luck!
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