painting bottom of boat with anti fouling paint

[jstfshn]

I have a 23 and a half foot Eagle crestliner.I had to buy special copper free paint.I only have 1/5 of the boat sanded and painted.with this paint you have to wait four hours between coats. Does anyone know of an easier way to sand and paint this? Thanks guys.😠😥 copper free paint because it is aluminium.

Edited October 12, 2015 by jstfshn

[rolmops]

Instead of sanding  you can blast the paint off with soda.Al least here in Rochester there are sevral companies that sand blast and soda blast.

[Smeltz]

At the place I used to work (before retiring) we did a lot of soda blasting.  Basically, just dry baking soda powder that got shot out under pressure.  Very effective for paint & gunk removal without damaging the base metal.  It does get slightly alkaline when wet so you have to be careful that you don't corrode any material.

[jlogger]

Where did you get the paint? Is it recommended for aluminum? I sold my aluminum boat to a friend last year and he told me he can not get the bottom paint for aluminum boats this year because NY outlawed it. I remember seeing on the label of the paint for fiberglass not to use it on aluminum. Just wondering if what you got is the answer to his problem. Thanks

[TyeeTanic]

I had my bottom sandblasted but it's a fibreglass boat. It worked pretty good.