painting the mast

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Mike Elmore

Hello, Has anyone painted their mast? The mast on my C28 is painted white and is pretty scratched up in places. I'd like to give it a couple coats of paint before stepping it in the spring. What paint did you use? Thanks, Mike Elmore Windward Hull C28 - Hull #7
 
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Dave

Mast paint.

HI Mike: WOW! hull #7 Now that is classic. If the paint is worn or scratched down to bare metal, I would recommend you sand the area you are going to paint, lightly and prime bare spots with zinc chromate primer. I like one part polyurthene paints like Petit Easypoxy. Comes in a varity of colors, and you can roll it on and then "kiss' it with a good bristle brush while still wet and the results will look like you sprayed it on. You might test a small area before you start, to assure old and new paint are compatable. They should be ok, but better to test first. Supplies should be available at any West Marine or Boats US. Good Luck, Dave
 
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Peter Hine

Read the article in Mainsheet

In the May 1994 Mainsheet is an article I wrote about my painting Enigma II's mast & boom with LPU. I did the job in fall 1993 with industrial grade LPU from TAP plastics in California. Cheap but excellent longevity in the paint. After 7 years, it still looks good, except for a few places where I wasn't rigorous enough removing all the corrosion before I painted. Need to touch up those areas next time I drop the rig (maybe next year....) Peter
 
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Greg

mast paint

I used a one part polyurthane. I wet sanded the old lose paint, and primed bare spots. Cleaned it with denatured alcohol and brushed on the paint. It has been less than six months but so far I am pleased with the results.
 
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Howard Morton

Another thought

Mike: We took a slightly different tack when we hauled Ceilidh in July. My partner and I removed the old paint in its entirety using heavy duty paint remover: this got about 90-95% of the paint off. Then we took a random orbit sander and 150 grit disks to finish the job, and to give the mast enough "tooth" for the paint to grip. We then had the yard spray on a couple of coats of zinc chromate primer and two coats of DuPont Imron. Doing it this way, we save about a thousand dollars over the yard's price by stripping the old paint ourselves. This left us with about an hour and a half of painting time and the paint itself for which we were liable. Cost arount one long dirty day of work and about $300. Mast and boom look new. Howard
 
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