Hey! I watched UA-cam video today and I am removing the name on my own boat as I just purchased a 40.50 Bodega that was manufactured by Bayliner back in 1983. It has a 15ft beam and the name on the transom has a vinyl lettering that measures 12in high. I got half way and quit. I have half a name. I like to do my own work. I have over 20 yrs experience in the marine industry. I have never heard of an eraser tool and your suggestion to use one to remove the goo left om the gel coat, has me inspired to finish the job. Thank you for your video.
Area under previous decal is probably the original (not faded over time) paint color. Hopefully the replacement decal will visually distract from the minor fade vs original color under decal. Nice tool - the 3M eraser pad!! Really made short work of 95% of the old decals.
Hey I own a boat and made a friend of a very nice old timer Capitan here in Mexico, he told me when I was in dry dock next to his boat that he would help me clean my boat and take off decal residue. We did not know about the eraser wheel in this video. But the old Capitan told me to go to a air conditioning company and purchase some coil cleaner liquid. Then he applied some gently with a paint brush and afer he had covered about 2 to 3 square feet, we water hosed the hull at that point. WOW! (Do not use this method without having some running water handy and do not use inside)
Great video. I notice that the 3M eraser drill pad is around $40 and "other" brands are around $10 - $12. Everybody knows 3M is premium quality but do any of these other brands work well enough for a once or twice project?
Having used one of these after watching this video, suggest starting at the edge of a decal and holding the disk so it is rotating into the decal. This helps it to peel the decal instead of tearing it, though some of the really old brittle vinyl did just need to be ripped to bits. Applying pressure is more important than rotation speed, in fact lower is sometimes faster it seemed, again peeling chunks instead of tearing tiny pieces.
Definitely not how you use an Eraser Wheel. Used correctly you wont have to keep rubbing more off and most of the time the gel coat wont need a Wet Sand after.
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Hey! I watched UA-cam video today and I am removing the name on my own boat as I just purchased a 40.50 Bodega that was manufactured by Bayliner back in 1983. It has a 15ft beam and the name on the transom has a vinyl lettering that measures 12in high. I got half way and quit. I have half a name. I like to do my own work. I have over 20 yrs experience in the marine industry. I have never heard of an eraser tool and your suggestion to use one to remove the goo left om the gel coat, has me inspired to finish the job. Thank you for your video.
Area under previous decal is probably the original (not faded over time) paint color. Hopefully the replacement decal will visually distract from the minor fade vs original color under decal. Nice tool - the 3M eraser pad!! Really made short work of 95% of the old decals.
Hey I own a boat and made a friend of a very nice old timer Capitan here in Mexico, he told me when I was in dry dock next to his boat that he would help me clean my boat and take off decal residue. We did not know about the eraser wheel in this video. But the old Capitan told me to go to a air conditioning company and purchase some coil cleaner liquid. Then he applied some gently with a paint brush and afer he had covered about 2 to 3 square feet, we water hosed the hull at that point. WOW! (Do not use this method without having some running water handy and do not use inside)
Great video. I notice that the 3M eraser drill pad is around $40 and "other" brands are around $10 - $12. Everybody knows 3M is premium quality but do any of these other brands work well enough for a once or twice project?
Having used one of these after watching this video, suggest starting at the edge of a decal and holding the disk so it is rotating into the decal. This helps it to peel the decal instead of tearing it, though some of the really old brittle vinyl did just need to be ripped to bits.
Applying pressure is more important than rotation speed, in fact lower is sometimes faster it seemed, again peeling chunks instead of tearing tiny pieces.
Appreciate the feedback glad it helped!
Hello how to remove the discolouration?
@ 7:20 the glue doesn’t react, that’s from the decal not allowing UV rays to contact and damage the gel coat
Is it possible to remove the UV marks?
I buffed mine like he did and it came out good, not perfect, but over time it came back
quarter inch thick!!!!
Ya after this video I would keep my decals
You sir, f**cked that boat up 😅
that eraser wheel does not work
Pretty much as he displays, just wing it.
Definitely not how you use an Eraser Wheel. Used correctly you wont have to keep rubbing more off and most of the time the gel coat wont need a Wet Sand after.
Could you expand? How do you correctly use it?
Wow so helpful
OK - so what is the right technique?