[Public-List] Painting the mast and boom

[Joseph Balderson]

No black mast for me. It will be white. Also can you direct me to link where
I can learn more specifics on #115? I want to restore her.

On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 8:19 AM, Mike Lehman <sail_505 at hotmail.com> wrote:

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> Joseph,
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> I painted my mast and boom with Awlgrip about 25 years ago and it is still
> doing good. It was a long and tedious job with multiple steps. First lots of
> sanding (my boat #505 the mast and boom were anodized...not sure that was
> true for #115); Then there was a chemical wash; then there was an etching
> process; then there was a primer; and at last there was the final coat. The
> paint is finiky, and needed to be adjusted for temperature and humidity
> (that may have changed in the past 25 years). I started with a china bristle
> brush from the top of the mast and worked my way down...I figured that as I
> got closer to the base (and eye-level) my brushing technique would improve
> and I woul have fewer brush strokes. I did the boom after doing the mast. It
> was a good time to remove and re-bed all of the mast/boom hardware and fill
> holes that were no longer used. I painted mine a light gray to keep it cool
> in the summer months (cannot even imagine having a black mast on the
> Chesapeake).
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> Hope this helps.
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> Mike Lehman
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> > Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 07:24:17 -0400
> > From: joebinc at gmail.com
> > To: Public-List at lists.alberg30.org
> > Subject: [Public-List] Painting the mast and boom
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> > Hull #115 needs a paint job on the rig. Are the mast and boom made of
> > anodizes or non-anodized aluminum? Has anyone used brushable Awlgrip
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> > for this job?
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