heat guns

[micksmanlyjunior]

Can anyone advise of what feature to look for in a heatgun to be used to strip back my boat??

Also any tips on how to do a good method on using the heat gun to strip the boat back??

Thanks in advance all.

Mick

[Donn]

Mick:

Here's the most recent thread on heatguns:

http://media5.hypernet.com/cgi-bin/U...c;f=1;t=004331

There are many more threads on the subject...use the search thingy in the upper right hand corner.

Donn

[Andreas Jordahl Rhude]

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof... I have a bit of a diversion to the question.

How much heat is too much that it may cause damage? Here's my story. I am stripping paint off the hull of a 17 ft. wooden lapstrake outboard power boat, a 1957 Thomspon Sea Lancer. The planking is Douglas fir plywood and the frames and steam bend white oak.

I began using my handy Milwaukee heat gun and a great scraper. It all works wonderfully. The wood surfaces get awfully hot, however. I do not want to damage the varnish finish on the inside of the boats planking or frames. The planking is 3/8 inch thick.

Will the heat used to take off the outside paint cause damage to the inside varnish on the opposite side of the planking?

[Art Read]

Wood's generally a pretty good insulator. Perhaps an obvious observation, but have you reached around and actually felt the surface on the other side while you're doing it. If it's getting alarmingly "warm", I'd think about a lower heat setting or moving on to the next area sooner. Can't imagine too much heat is all that "healthy" to the laminate glue either...