Need Help removing Sikkens Cetol

[homewrecker]

Anyone here that can offer up any and all suggestions to remove about 4 or 5 layers about 5 years old beside sanding it all off?
THANKS IN ADVANCE!!

[flatbottom]

Is this on the side of a home or a deck ?

[knot for shore]

http://www.logcaresolutions.com/TekInfo.cfm?ProdID=37

my brother used this stuff. he said it worked well..

[homewrecker]

Flatbottom Its on my covering boards on boat.Knot for sure THANKS
I will look into that.

[FESS]

Removall sounds like a nice option, but depending on how much you value the hull and transom, I think I'd consider a good red devil scraper and lots o sandpaper...maybe wet & dry or even a belt sander depending on the existing finish and how flat it is etc. I'm just affraid, even though it's water soluable (remove-all) it may ruin the hull and or transom's finish enough to can extra work there too afterwards... unless u have a person soaking it down the whole time...if it's a one man opperation, i think it would ruin some the finish...it being paint or gel-coat. just my 2 cents. Not a fun job, but re-finishing hardly ever is.

[clt_capt]

I've had pretty good luck with Snappy Teak-NU - But I have gelcoat and not paint on my boat.

If the Cetol is badly weathered and flaking, then you may just want to sand it off to bare wood. If it is just checked, you may be able to get by wetsanding the whole thing smooth.

[fishskipper]

Heat gun and a scraper........... then sand lightly before the reapply

[homewrecker]

THANKS Guys I still have Gelcoat and want to keep it that way,if anyone else has any tricks I am open to those as well,as I HATE sanding anymore than I have to!

[JD5652]

Heat gun and a scraper........... then sand lightly before the reapply

I just refinished all my teak on the Maggie B and Fishskipper hit the nail on the head...... after the heat gun and scraper, which will remove 95% of the cetol, I used a mild chemical stripper made by Interlux.... this will remove the remainder of the cetol that found it's way into the grain, it's very gelcoat and paint friendly..... after the stripper LIGHTLY sand.....Whether you're going to leave the covering boards au-natural (my preference) or reapply another finish, follow up the stripper with Starbright teak brightener....you'll love the result!!

Good luck!

[Wild Life Management]

Interlux (the same company that makes Sikkens products) makes INTERSTRIP 299E. I have used it on other varnish type finishes and am almost certain it works on Cetol. Here is the Interlux website, they are normally good about answering the phones.

http://www.yachtpaint.com/usa/

Good luck, projects like that always seem to become interesting.