[Public-list] Mast Finish Question

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Hi Andrew,
 
How fussy are you? :)
 
Stargazer's mast and boom had the archetypal grey, worn, old anodized  
finish. I didn't want to spend thousands on a sprayed on finish, or go to that  much 
trouble to paint the mast myself. I sanded the mast, starting with 100  grit, 
and ending with 220. Then I rolled on two coats of Rustoleum. Really. It  
looked great. Three years later, it still looks great. There are dings where my  
reefing blocks bang the aft end of the boom, but any sprayed on finish would  
ding there as well. I used the yellow West System rollers. I find they stand 
up  to the thicker Rustoleum paint.
 
Lee
Stargazer #255
 
In a message dated 12/16/2005 8:40:17 AM Eastern Standard Time,  
andrew.cole at llff.com writes:

Our mast  was painted white at some point, however the paint wearing thin
or missing  in many places, resulting in a splotchy appearance.  I'm
thinking  about pulling the stick in the spring to fix a couple things.
While it is  down, I would like to do something to clean up the
appearance.  Any  suggestions?  

I don't have any preference between bare aluminum  and painted, but I'd
like it to be fairly clean and low maintenance once it  is finished, so
I'm leaning toward bare aluminum.  Are there any  decent, easy to use,
strippers out there that will leave a bare aluminum  surface to gently
oxidize and stabilize?  Any corrosion problems to  worry about (we're in
Annapolis if it makes a difference)?  If I  decide not to pull the stick
yet, is the process something I can do  piecemeal from the chair?

If I have to paint it, I prefer to do it by  hand, as I'm not planning on
stripping all the fittings at once if I can  help it.  Any suggestions
for a good surface prep or  paint?

Thanks,

Andrew Cole
Andante - #152  

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