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[quote=smackdaddy]Okay a bit more progress...

The mast was pretty banged up, stained, scratched, you name it. Here's a couple of pics of the before...

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I had already painted the castings with a satin black spray paint - and I had a can or two extra, so I thought, what the hell, and tore into the mast.

First, I power-washed the whole thing, used a scrubber to get the heavy stuff off, then did a final pass with acetone on anything gooey.

I DID NOT get crazy with sanding, fairing the rough spots or dents, etc. I didn't care about that stuff...I just wanted it to look good from 10' away.

After that, I taped off the shiny bits, donned the mask and rattled the can...then...

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I put on 2 coats along the whole thing - and it was looking okay...

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The problem was, I couldn't quite figure out how to blend the paint well enough to get rid of the overspray pattern...

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There would be beautiful shiny spots, then dull spots. That just wouldn't do.

So, I hopped on Youtube and looked up "spray painting a car" - and found a video that explained it. I was "doing it backwards". In other words, I was getting a really nice flow on the broad part of the mast - then I'd go to the leading/traling edges and screw up what I'd just done.

I switched it...spraying a clean flow on the edges, then doing the broad side. Worked like magic...

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Not bad for Valspar spray paint eh? We'll see how long it lasts before it's trashed. Even then though, at $4 a can, I can do A LOT of touch up for cheap.

I used about 9 cans of spray paint ($36) - and spent a total of maybe 5 hours doing this thing.

Next comes painting the hulls. Stay tuned!<em>Edited by smackdaddy on Aug 10, 2012 - 08:21 PM.</em> [/quote]

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