Yellow road line paint

[ProfessorM]

any ideas how to get off the hull of my boat. I tried scrubbing with a compound product but am having no luck. Maybe bug and tar remover?

[BigBo]

Try the Bug and Tar remover first (I think it's mostly Toluene), but that stuff might need to be heated in order to break it loose.

[thefishingfreak]

laquer thinner. when the sign says stay off wet line thats what it means.
A brand new razor blade in a steady hand will do it too.

[ProfessorM]

mike will the laquer thinner ruin the finish? Do I have to be careful not to be too aggressive. It is just little dots, but lots of them on one side. I saw no signs, but I could have been half asleep

[thefishingfreak]

if it's just gel coat thinner won't hurt it. it will strip all the wax off though so you'll have to re-wax.
If its a painted boat you better try it first.
Is this an aluminum boat thats been painted?

[spence]

I had a bunch of that crap on a black Audi. The bug and tar remover wouldn't touch it...anything harsh enough to remove the paint would strip the finish right off.

Fortunately you couldn't see it unless you were really close.

-spence

[ProfessorM]

glass boat Mike, I wouldn't care if it was on my tin boat.

[Van]

Good ole' gasoline should work too.
We know for sure it does not hurt the finish, just the wax.

[thefishingfreak]

I'dcarefully get as much off as I could with a razor blade and then hit it with thinner.

[BigFish]

Fish it till the paint falls off sissy boy! Ain't gonna see it in the water and the fish don't care!

[macojoe]

If you paint the whole bottom with it no one will ever notice!!

[Hooper]

Blast it with oven cleaner, that'll take anything off!

[Gary]

Originally Posted by Hooper

Blast it with oven cleaner, that'll take anything off!

Gordon, not to say that someone would take you serious on this, but oven cleaner left on gellkote makes it porous then it absorbs water and blisters. Someone at northside did this on a new sailfish, pretty interesting.

I myself would try acetone, or aircraft remover, you will have to re-wax after, but it won't hurt the gell just my .02

[Cool Beans]

Road paint is latex based and most thinners don't work well, try using a hair dryer, heat it up and it may wipe right off. if not use very hot water and a scotch brite pad.... should work without damaging the paint, the heat will remove the wax but no biggie right.....

[buckman]

Originally Posted by Hooper

Blast it with oven cleaner, that'll take anything off!

I have used this in the past to remove painted lettering. Re wax after. I had no problens and it worked like a charm. Test a spot

[ruhroh]

Power wash it off. We had to do it at the shop when people ran it over on us and complained about it.

[saltyric]

Any story as to how it got on there in the first place??

[Raven]

fish like yellow

[ProfessorM]

Originally Posted by saltyric

Any story as to how it got on there in the first place??

no clue but I did not see any fresh yellow road paint. There probably was some put down and the cones removed and crew left before I approached it.

Thanks for all the opinions guys. It is not a real big deal but I figured I may as well try and get the crap off if I can.

[Pete_G]

I've used paint cleaning clay before with good results on gel-coat. It may be worth a try as well.

[ruhroh]

Our yellow was chlorinated if that helps.