Resurfacing my winch drums

[Lawrie]

I have two barient 22 two speed winches on my C&C 30 that have over time become very slippery. Does anyone know a good way to resurface the drums to give them more grip?

[zz4gta]

Lots of info on this. Try a search.

[hellosailor]

Lawrie, find a local machine shop. They can resurface the drums with media blasting, or wires in an air chisel, or other ways. If the shop looks at it and goes "huh?" find another shop. Resurfacing metals to get better traction should be a simple job for any competent shop. Then the only question is whether you want the drums plated or coated, or not.

[Faster]

A friend recently had some success by coating the drum surface with grit-embedded epoxy after giving them a quick sanding. YMMV depending on the drum style (chromed, alum, etc...)