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Re: Strip: Inside hull sanding/ scraping
By:Jay Babina
Date: 2/11/2010, 4:14 pm
In Response To: Re: Strip: Inside hull sanding/ scraping (Joe Whitman)

I just use a cheap normal paint scraper with the long handle and one of those 4-way scraper blades. They're square and two opposing sides of the blade face down and the other two face up. I grind a rounded surface on the blade and use that. The surprising thing is how smooth you can actually get the inside pulling along the strips. It works great. Then I hand sand the sides with some 80 grit. I don't go any finer than that. On the floor of the boat where it's flatter, you can get away with the ROS. There i go with 100 grit.

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Strip: Inside hull sanding/ scraping
Joe Whitman -- 2/11/2010, 1:08 pm
Re: Strip: Inside hull sanding/ scraping
Peter Sebbage -- 2/11/2010, 8:08 pm
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Joe Whitman -- 2/12/2010, 4:09 pm
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Ric -- 2/12/2010, 6:22 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/11/2010, 2:44 pm
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Fred -- 2/11/2010, 2:20 pm
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george jung -- 2/11/2010, 1:55 pm
Re: Strip: Inside hull sanding/ scraping
Joe Whitman -- 2/11/2010, 2:09 pm
Re: Strip: Inside hull sanding/ scraping
Jay Babina -- 2/11/2010, 4:14 pm