Seagreen
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Reged: 30/07/2005
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Just for a mast and spars this time. Must be hard wearing, long lasting yet quite flexible. What do we like?
I think the Mast has a traditional varnish finish at the moment. I don't want to have to redo it for some 3 or 4 years.
Get off the floor, I've actually posted a boat question!
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I'll get her chastity belt keys, then..
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Roach1948
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Reged: 27/04/2006
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Loc: London - Suffolk
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Well I used Epifanes, but I wish I had used Coelan, as it would have minimised work to almost nothing.
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Roach
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Seagreen
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So why Coelan?
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I'll get her chastity belt keys, then..
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Roach1948
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Ultra bending, flexible (upto 400%), breathable and almost maintenance free except for touching up damged areas. I dislike varnishing spars as they are always the most awkward things to varnish whether they are laying down or upright, so I would be tempted with a zero maintenance approach. I know a few East Coats yachts that are changing to Coelan - but for the moment I cant afford it.
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Roach
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Seagreen
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Do I have to strip the mast back to bare wood or can I overcoat the existing stuff?
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"Let Joy be unconfined!"
I'll get her chastity belt keys, then..
http://www.linesquall.co.uk
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Roach1948
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I'm afraid it is a start-again job! Hence my reluctance to do it this year.
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Seagreen
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Erm. I'll see how the cockpit goes. If I get all of that done by the end of March, I can hit the mast with Vigour. Given up on the deck recaulking, it'll just be patching for now.
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I'll get her chastity belt keys, then..
http://www.linesquall.co.uk
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Englander
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Reged: 07/09/2001
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Loc: Barcelona/Bollyolics
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I put coelan on my masts and spars five years ago, needs a coat now to make them shine again, but no damage and no maintenance in five years, the only reason for a coat soonish (maybe next year or so) is the shine has gone. Got to be the way to go. But as has been said back to bare wood and plenty of primer and six-eight topcoats, not cheap, but worth every penny.
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PyroJames
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Loc: Cambridge
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I'm planning to try this stuff:
http://www.boatpaint.co.uk/acatalog/Boatpaint_co_uk_Shop_Two_Component_Varnishes__44.html
The previous owner had tehmast done with Stoppani, and it lasted 7 years in Mallorca without being touched.
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Roach1948
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Very good stuff indeed.
Roach has it everywhere! Cockpit, Deck, Raised topsides and rubbing strake. The only downside is that the cost and last summers downpours. It really needs around 7-10 coats of poliglass to look any good. I only managed 5-7 last summer in some high traffic areas and that stuff started to rub off. But the stuff that is properly applied has lasted and looks great.
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Roach
Edited by Roach1948 (18/02/2008 18:04)
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