eclipseturbors
Petty Officer 2nd Class
- Joined
- Apr 17, 2009
- Messages
- 141
I just bought a running 1977 16ft Larson Tri hull for $300 on a tandem axle trailer. The catch is that it's been gutted to be fixed up. The floor and transom look good and it has a great little 120 mercruiser with pre alpha I drive that was just rebuilt, but the catch is that it's hugger orange. Its very orange and not applied very well. The guy said it was cheap single stage. My question is: if I strip it off, "can" the old white gel coat be saved? I'm sure the boat was probably painted for a reason... but I figure that I will have to sand most of the orange off anyway because the paint is just chipping off. Just looking for anyone who has experience and it will give me something to think about while I build bench seats and reassemble most of the boat.