[Public-List] Aluminum mast treatment - Tremclad

[Wes Gardner]

The old stand-by primer has been zinc chromate (that yellow stuff)


On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 9:42 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" <
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> Sent: Friday, June 27, 2014 9:30 AM
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>
>  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
>>
>>
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