V-Berth Storage

So acetone is not doing much. Even with wire brush scrub with it. Had some success with drill bit wire brush and acetone but it loosened up/cleaned about 2in and the whole wire brush is now just thickly caked with the resin. I’d have to buy like 200 of these wire brush bits to do this…

I don’t need it smooth in here. I need it not a sticky mess. How awful would it be to paint right over this residual sticky mess, or even gel coat over it
 
Finally2":2aobb4vp said:
So acetone is not doing much. Even with wire brush scrub with it. Had some success with drill bit wire brush and acetone but it loosened up/cleaned about 2in and the whole wire brush is now just thickly caked with the resin. I’d have to buy like 200 of these wire brush bits to do this…

I don’t need it smooth in here. I need it not a sticky mess. How awful would it be to paint right over this residual sticky mess, or even gel coat over it
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My '08 CD22 did not have foam in the v-berth compartments. However, the gelcoat or whatever the factory used on the inside never fully cured. Putting things in the interior cabinets usually resulted in the sticking to the walls. I just ended up painting the inside of the compartments with exterior latex house paint (it's what I had on hand). This worked out fine.

You could also try applying some catalyst to the uncured resin and see if you can get it to set up hard, then sand it smooth.
 
Yeah, after looking at those pics I would just try to get as smooth as possible and then paint really good. I think its pour foam that wasn't mixed good enough before they poured it in.
 
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