been really busy at work , so not much progress. did get a couple of hours last night , so experimented with stripping bottom paint. spent 10 minutes brushing on the klean strip adhesive remover, and let sit for about 1/2 hour while getting power washer set up. it was 50 degrees and only sat 1/2 hour with no plastic covering. came off real nicely and my thoughts are with warmer weather and plastic it will work even better. this bottom blue paint is some bad stuff, and sanding was getting me nowhere. so am pretty happy with how the stripping is working. hoping to sand the sides as they are in much better shape paint wise. i rinsed what is done with h20 for now , wondering if that is sufficient for now as going to be awhile before i am ready to paint, and will do a good vinagr wash before that. thanks for stopping by and let me know if i am missing or doing somethin wrong. would post some pics, but it tells me my file exceeds the limit of 20000. any help in how i change my photo size or what needs to be done?