Paint Removal - product evaluation

well - first of all, I applaud you guys that go the extra mile in a total
strip down and repaint of your boats !!!

I am currently removing a few loose layers of assorted paint types from
my boat with an assortment of tools and gadgets.
This is a short video to evaluate the tools used. The 3M Bristle Disk, Roloc Bristle Brush,
wire wheel, fiber disk, paint remover, yada yada yada.
To finish the project, I will resort to aircraft paint stripper, a wire brush and a lot of elbow grease.
clean - prime and paint and be done with it. (it's a boat - not the space shuttle).

https://youtu.be/KISmmXpzCrc





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The video is set to private.

sorry bout that - now try it

I've had good results on thick paint with a propane torch and a dull putty knife.... seems to be much cleaner than messing around with chemicals...

Then go back and clean up with one of these...nyalox brushes. For some reason only the orange works good. The cup brush is also useless.... what works is the orange 4".... not sure why...
https://www.amazon.com/Dico-541-778-4-Nyalox-4-Inch-Orange/dp/B00004YYD8

1 wheel did a whole boat inside and out.... and is still like new......

Johnny I tried sanding and wire brushes attached to my angel grinder with little to no results just doing the slash well, I found some wood stripper the the wife was using to remove stain from the dresser she was doing, I put it on and waited 15 minutes the paint lifted up and I scraped it with a 5 in one it was easy, the primer was still under the paint so I added another coat and waited 15 minutes and it lifted as well. If I was going to do a total strip and paint job I would look to use aircraft stripper it works great, the only thing is it is very toxic smelling and I have only used it outdoors. it took all the paint off of a 1970 Cuda that had been painted multi-able times it only took me a day to have it down to bare metal, and with steal I had to work quick because you could watch it rust that quick.

Aircraft stripper is ok to use on aluminum that's what it was designed for. Any paint supply store with have it or can get it for you too. much cheaper than using brushes at 25 dollars a pop.

I heat aluminum before I bend it in a box brake so it don't crack. if you put heat to your aluminum boat could it weaken it, and lose its hardness

I don't envy the project you have ahead of you. Stripping my Lone Star took much, much longer than I thought it would and it's definitely not a project I would care to repeat (your video gave me flashbacks).

I ended up doing most of my stripping with a palm-sander and 80-grit, which seemed to work the best as far as the mechanical stripping techniques I tried and resulted in almost no chemical burns. I did used aircraft stripper, but I'm not a huge fan of caustic chemicals and I didn't see the results I was expecting from it. I also tried Citristrip, which performed almost as well as the aircraft stripper for me, taking off multiple layers of paint in one pass without the noxious fumes.

This guy is my hero.... all his videos are excellent.... he does things the "old way"....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmyGoFS8bjg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2y8xqeZu48