[Rhodes22-list] Aluminum Mast Finish

[Tootle]

Art asked, "Have you ever heard of an OE painted mast?"  Yes, but I do not
know brand/manufacturer.  Did Dwyer ever do it?  Only Dwyer knows.  And for
what it is worth, as far as I know, only Dwyer has made the IMF.  Stan own's
the special tools required to make the Rhodes 22 mast, but they are kept at
Dwyer.  

I have seen white ,black and wood.  And I know some people have painted
mast.  Has Stan ever painted one mast?  I would not waste his time asking if
24 years ago he painted one mast.  

Would I paint an aluminum silver mast? No, for reasons stated in my earlier
post.  If a mast finish is defective or damaged from previous owner, would I
paint it?  I would certainly consider doing so, but it would have be done
correctly.  Not an easy assignment.  It would require a 30 foot long paint
room.  Painting outdoors might result in a dust or moisture damanged finish. 
I would not consider nor recommend painting outdoors.  Even indoors and not
is an isolate room has issues.  

Ed K
Greenville, SC, USA
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America has come a long way because of those who sacraficed.  Freedom is not
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Arthur H. Czerwonky wrote:
> 
> Ed,
> Thanks for the suggestion.  I asked Dwyer for their take on this.  Have
> you ever heard of an OE painted mast?
> Art
> 
> -----Original Message-----
>>From: Tootle <ekroposki at charter.net>
>>Sent: Jun 1, 2008 8:20 PM
>>To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>>Subject: [Rhodes22-list]  Aluminum Mast Finish
>>
>>
>>You would need to verify this from General boats, however, I suggest that
>>Rhodes masts supplied by Dwyer have a clear corrosion coating.  I
determined
>>that my mast has such a coating when I tried to clean black marks off. 
>>Therefore, in taking any Dwyer mast down to metal will ruin such coating
if
>>it is on all masts as I suspect.
>>
>>So anybody else with this idea needs to evaluate before doing so.  I left
my
>>mast original finish including not nice black marks.  The coating is there
>>for a reason.
>>
>>Ed K
>>Greenville, SC, USA
>>
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