SailNet Community

SailNet Community (http://www.sailnet.com/forums/)
-   Gear & Maintenance (http://www.sailnet.com/forums/gear-maintenance/)
-   -   painting anodized aluminum (http://www.sailnet.com/forums/gear-maintenance/7738-painting-anodized-aluminum.html)

mroskothen 08-13-2003 02:11 PM
painting anodized aluminum
 
It seems like in order to paint an aluminum mast one has to sand it blank and then apply etcher -> primer -> paint.

Today I started sanding my traveler and the anodized surface is VERY tough. I used 80 grit and not much came off. Then I used my grinder a little bit and I got down to the blank aluminum. Grinding my traveler and eventually my mast seems a bit too much. Has anyone experience with painting anodized aluminum? How do you get rid of the anodized layer?

The traveler is not painted, just anodized.

Thanks, Markus

GordMay 08-13-2003 02:51 PM
painting anodized aluminum
 
Don''t remove anodizing, just prime or etch it with Zinc Chromate (''green'' outdrive primer) or Oxalic Acid (Aluminum ''brightener'').
Gord


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 09:41 PM.

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2013, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
SEO by vBSEO 3.6.1
(c) Marine.com LLC 2000-2012