[Public-List] Aluminum mast treatment - Tremclad

[Gordon Laco]

Tremclad is a Canadian brand - Rustoleum is a US brand...both are enamel
paint and basically the same stuff.

Gord
Surprise 426


On 27/06/14 1:43 PM, "Glenn Brooks" <brooks.glenn at comcast.net> wrote:

> John,  apparently Tremclad must be super effective, I just checked and
> Rustoleum doesn't sell it here in the US.  Probably not allowed by the EPA.
> Any idea what the US counterpart might be?
> 
> Thanks
> Glenn
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
>> On Jun 27, 2014, at 6:42 AM, "John Birch" <Sunstone at cogeco.ca> wrote:
>> 
>> A while back at our Club, a well known and respected member who had done a
>> number of restorations of boats used aerosol Tremclad Semi Gloss white on
>> this mast & boom instead of awlgrip. The mast looked great, fast forwarding
>> 10 years later, it still looks great, with an occasional spray touchup of the
>> Tremclad.
>> 
>> He used 11 cans at about $12 CDN each for his 40 foot mast - pretty cheap
>> compared to Awlgriping; and the bonus, easy to touchup scrapes, unlike
>> awlgrip.
>> 
>> Just a thought.
>> 
>> JB
>> 
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Glenn Brooks" <brooks.glenn at comcast.net>
>> To: "Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all" <public-list at lists.alberg30.org>
>> Sent: Friday, June 27, 2014 9:30 AM
>> Subject: [Public-List] Aluminum mast treatment
>> 
>> 
>>> Not sure my earlier post actually got posted... So will try again.
>>> 
>>> Iam curious if there are any new whiz bang aluminum treatment products in
>>> the marketplace?  My mast has long ago lost its anodizing and every few
>>> years ends of with black streaks.  Also the gooseneck and boom suffer
>>> pitting and corrosion.  So I would like to treat the exposed aluminum with
>>> something that will protect against this occurring.
>>> 
>>> Anybody know of any new space age stuff that will do this?  Iam not really
>>> interested in painting the mast, and traditional acid washes are almost
>>> outlawed at my local yards anymore.
>>> 
>>> Thanks
>>> Glenn
>>> Dolce 318
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPad
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