[Alberg30] mast painting

[sousa, stephen]

Peter,
 
I am in the process of preparing #114 for an Awlgrip paint job. From the
research that was done over the last 30 days my findings are as follows.
Imron (Dupont) and Awlgrip seem to be the best two part paints on the
market. If I were redoing the mast, prime with a chromate primer and use
Awlgrip with brushable catalyzing agent and reducer. I would not compromise
the finish with a single part paint. You can visit www.uspaint.com
<http://www.uspaint.com>  which provide a great deal of information, I found
the folks at West Marine at not paint experts.
 
Regards,
Stephen
 

 -----Original Message-----
From: Peter Amos [mailto:peter.amos1 at btinternet.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 12:51 AM
To: public-list at alberg30.org
Subject: [Alberg30] mast painting



Next season,January for me, I intend to have the mast taken down.One of the
jobs to be done is repainting.The paint on it now appears to be a single
coat of something thin,like Awlgrip,probably the original finish. There are
lots of bare patches where the wire halyard has worn away the paint film.I
would like to sand it to provide a key but I don't know if sanding would be
enough to allow something like Easypoxy to take and if sanding would damage
the anodising.Also there are some redundant screw holes to be filled.Would
Metaltex be O.K. or might it push through when sanded?
 
Peter Amos
Tait Tait #478

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