From: Kilpatrick, Mike
Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2003 1:50 PM
To: c22@catalinadirect.com
Subject: RE: mast touchup
Checking the rec.boats newsgroups (Google Groups search) a couple of years ago, people
recommended Rustoleum so we tried it (spray cans) on our black J24 mast. That was over
a year ago and it still looks great with no flaking. Here's what someone else did.
Mike Kilpatrick
Lake Travis, TX
From: Sorensen, John
Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 12:53 PM
To: rec.boats newsgroups
Subject: Mast Repaint
I've been wanting to share another very successful tip with everyone. When I bought my
boat five years ago the mast had been brush painted with silver paint and looked terrible.
I stripped the mast and spreaders and repainted them white with Sherwin Williams
Industrial Aluminum paint. I let a friend talk me into using white instead of silver but
figured I would be repainting it silver later because the white would show scratches too
easily. Five years later that paint still looks brand new. Even where the wire halyards
rub against the mast when stowed it hasn't scratched. I shot the paint outdoors in the
boat yard with a Wagner Power Painter and it went on perfectly. The priming process seems
to be the secret with this paint, which is what the Sherwin Williams salesman told me. It
uses a yellowish clear primer that also applied very easily. This paint is rock hard and
sticks like glue. After five years it still shines like new. Definitely one of the most
successful projects I've undertaken on this boat.
If any one has any questions about that refinish feel free to call or e-mail me.
John Sorensen
913-649-0600 ext 280
jsorensen@budbrown.com