Looking good

The target today was to finish stripping the paint from the right side of the boat.  Yesterday saw us complete the front and back sections, so today we worked on the middle section.

Before we started

 

Half way through

 

Really getting stuck into it!

 

Final go at scraping off the paint

 

Now the first go at sanding

 

Wow doesn't it look good.  What beautiful timber.

Day 2 and we have hit timber! After putting a couple of different paint strippers to the test we were ready to make a day of it.  By the end of the day we had  more timber than paint on each end of the boat.  

 

 

 

When we saw the effect of putting on the paint stripper we were really impressed.  Little did we know it only took off the first coat of paint.  It looks as if there are at least 2 other coats of paint under this one.

 

Tomorrow we will start stripping paint off the middle section of the boat

 
 


The back and front of the boat.  Looking good.
 

 





All systems go!

Well it's all happening. We are finally starting to remove the paint from the hull.  After the first attempt at sanding back we decided that paint stripper was the way to go. We are concentrating on the front of the boat and deciding the best technique.  It is all trial and error. Today we hope to really see a difference!