Anyone have any experience removing paint off gelcoat? New to boating and bought a boat that was painted over the gel and want to see how the gelcoat was underneath thanks guys.

I started with a small 1" putty knife on a loose chip and went from there,  two days later all the paint was off and down to the Gel, two days was actually about  4 hrs

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Thanks for the reply I will try that thank you


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Easy off oven cleaner works great, I've used it on cars to get back to original paint, used it on my fiberglass scoop to strip it back to the black gel coat.


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Sounds good thank yoi


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how do u use it spray it on wipe it off?
do you let it sit for a while kinda in the same situation as original poster

I used CitriStrip from Home Depot to strip the paint off of mine.  Brushed it on and let it sit til the paint bubbled up then scraped it off.  Most places took two applications to get all the paint off, and I used a fine scotch brite pad for the contoured areas.  Then I washed the boat and wet sanded/polished the get.  It's not perfect, but it's better than the paint that was on it.