Sanding the paint off my aluminum boat

[Spivy30]

I have a 1979 Mirro Craft 16 that I am redoing right now I am in the process of sanding the hull down so I can repaint. The previous owner brush painted the boat with 2 coats of rustolum and it doesnt look that great. Sanding is taking so long I am using a sand and 400 grint sand paper it works great at first until the paper gets full. Any ideas? I dont want to go down to bare metal I just want to smooth out the brushmarks? Please help I am in wisconsin and want to do some fishing before the ice comes!

 

[tashasdaddy]

Re: Sanding the paint off my aluminum boat

go to 100 grit to get it down, then to the higher grit, rustoleum now has some great marine paint.