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  • #1973

    Bruce Hubble
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    Anyone painted their toe rails? If so, what did you use? How has the paint stood up to wear?

    #3354

    Curt Rodgers
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    My painter ued the same Awlgrip paint/color that he used on the topsides. It turned out great. They blend in nicely.

    #3357

    Lilya Vorobey
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    Awlcraft has a bulletin on line that is out of date for painting aluminum masts since many of the chemicals for preparing the mast are not available in the US. They have replaced aluminum prep work with AwlGrip Wash Primer CF D6600 (yellow base) and the converter D3300 ratio 1:1.
    http://www.awlgrip.com/Prodlit/wash_primer_cf_application_guidance.pdf
    The cheapest place to buy this is the PBS boat store but beware – they pack their boxes poorly. When I comlained (I actually sent a professional note suggesting they package the paints securely in the box since mine leaked) they blocked me from their website!)…
    I will be redoing my toe rails and mast with this system. But hey Bruce, you are ahead of me with your boat… so tell me how it comes out!

    #3358

    Bruce Hubble
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    I’ll probably get booed, but I’ll report the results to see if valid.

    I’m going to use Rustoleum 2X satin black that has built in primer. My reasoning is that my rails are in pretty good shape, with few dings/scratches. I’m only putting on from the stem to just at the chain plates. These get little abuse. If it chips..it is still good beneath it. I only want to bring them up to ‘new looking’ to match the rest of the boat.

    Report at 11:00 news.

    #3359

    Bruce Hubble
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    PS: check “the bottom paint store” online. Best place I found AND they pack nicely.
    Fast delivery. Free shipping above a dollar amount that is easily exceeded.

    #4442

    Jonathan Nye
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    Bruce… How did using Rustoleum turn out?
    Jonathan

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