New Boat Name

[Cool It]

Guys I need help big time<br />I wanted to rename my boat so I ordered the name which cost me about $100.00. I took off the old letters with a blow dryer and just peeling them off -- OK so far! now of course underneath the letters is brand new looking gelcoat-- my problem is this now causes an outline like the name is still there-- I tried to compound/Wax that did nothing.Any help???????<br /><br />Thanks<br />COOL IT !!!

 

[crazy charlie]

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You may have to wet sand the name out of the gelcoat.What color is the boat???Charlie

 

[Cool It]

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The Area where the name was is Light blue and also the area where the hailing port was is white<br /><br />Thanks <br />Cool It !!!

 

[Cool It]

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Oh I forgot to ask charlie, if I wet sand the name out wont that ruin the gelcoat????<br /><br />Thanks <br />Russell

 

[crazy charlie]

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No it wont damage the gelcoat.I dont recall the grit # but if you explain what it is you are doing to an auto body supply store they will get the correct grit to you.You are looking to to do a little more than compound.After you wet sand then you follow it up with compound and then polishing compound then polishing wax.The wet sand ing wont look too great until you start polishing.Make sure to use a rotary polisher and not an orbital.Charlie

 

[crazy charlie]

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By the way,did you compound by hand or with a polisher????Charlie

 

[Cool It]

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I compounded by hand-- I do have a rotary polisher - should I try that ???<br /><br />Thanks<br />COOL IT!!!

 

[crazy charlie]

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ABSOLUTELY!!!!!!!! Try the polisher before any sanding.You wont believe how much better compounding works with a polisher.Make sure you do it in the shade so the compound does not dry too quickly.Do a small section at a time.Make sure to follow it up with a polishing wax as a final stage.It will make sure you get the shine back.Charlie

 

[Cool It]

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Thanks Charlie-- I will try with polisher if it works -- great --if not, I will have to try the sanding I will let you know<br /><br />Cool IT !!!

 

[Cool It]

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Charlie I wet sanded with 1500 grit-that was recommended by a body shop. It worked ok but still not totally gone. I guess thats the best Im going to get thanks for the help<br /><br /> Cool It (Russell)

 

[crazy charlie]

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Russ,were you able to feel the old name when you ran your hand over it????Did you make sure to do the surrounding area.What you want to do is get the surrounding area down to expose newer gelcoat to make it a closer match.Charlie

 

[f_inscreenname]

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Not starting anything but isn't there something you are supposed to do when you change the name of a boat so you wont be cursed or something. My brother is still running around a boat he bought from a lawyer. It was named “Dream Team”. The funny thing, he was recently divorced when he bought it. He always quoted “its bad luck to change a boats name”. I think he was just lazy myself. It would have been the first thing I did after his ex took him to the cleaners. He should have added in small letters “my ex-wife had a DREAM TEAM and all got from 15 years of marriage was this 24’ Bayliner with 10 years of payments.”

 

[Cool It]

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Charlie, Yes I did the surrounding area thats what got it closer -- the name was on the blue area and that got pretty close but the hailing port I had more trouble with ---that was on the white but actually it looks like it was originaly off white -which it shows under the lettering but the surronding area there got white almost as If the sun bleached it, and I cant seem to get that close-- Im afraid to sand to much I do not want to damage the gel coat I am thinking of try to sand further on the white but Im not sure?<br /><br />Thanks Russell<br /><br />P.S. I heard about this bad luck thing but I dont believe in ghosts!!!!

 

[crazy charlie]

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Russ,wait until after you are done with the other steps of compounding and then polishing and then waxing to determine how close the color gets.If it is still too far off for you ,you may be able to get a backround for the new name to cover the old one.Changing names is only bad luck if you do it on friday the 13th and you have a leprachaun helping you and if you used some of the money from the pot of gold he had with him to pay for the new name.Charlie

 

[Wreck Rider]

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Hi Cool it<br /><br />There is certainly a superstition around the luck of renaming boats, I intend to perform a de-naming ceremony on my boat prior to renaming it, that is supposed to guarantee none of the bad luck sticks. There are dissenting opinions of course, here's one I picked up somewhere on the web regarding renaming a boat:<br /><br />"NO NEED FOR SILLY SUPERSTITIONS<br />I think I can help counteract that by explaining one common superstition - the supposed danger of bad luck that comes with renaming a boat.<br />Renamed boats have common characteristics; they're used and worn. The person selling the boat probably lost interest in it some time earlier, allowing things to corrode, the boat to leak and wood to rot. The seller may also not have been completely candid about some of the hidden problems. All of this is as true now as it was hundreds of years ago.<br />So, what happens after the boat is renamed - which is one of the things many new owners do? Things start breaking and leaking. So naturally it would seem that renaming a boat brought bad luck.<br />To counter this problem and superstition, I suggest an improved renaming ceremony that begins with two bottles of ritual beverage. After the appropriate words and libations to the gods - just in case they're really interested in the boat - the renaming ceremony should end with an inspection party to find what a surveyor may have missed. Whoever finds the most defects gets the second bottle. But remember, no cheap ritual beverages - or the 'inspectors' might not be sufficiently motivated!<br />In any event, this 'second survey' would make it obvious why the boat might be subject to 'bad luck', and the owner would have the option to repair it. And that would be the end of the superstition."<br />(original author) Ralph Hinegardner<br />Santa Cruz<br /><br />(passed on by) Wreck Rider