In a message dated 11/14/07 12:00:40 AM, Randy writes: > Soda blasters came in and covered the ground around the boat, taped plastic > to the sides to "tent" the boat and went to work, cleaning up when they were > done. I don't > remember the cost except that I thought at the time that it was very > reasonable. > I was quoted a price of $1000 to soda blast the bottom paint from a 23' twin keel aux. sailboat about a year ago. The contractor measured the boat and found that it had about 200 sq. ft. of bottom area. From further discussions I found that he used a "rule of thumb" of about $5 per sq. foot for estimating prices. Larry Z ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com