[quote=DamonLinkous][quote=erice]$10 for a couple of cans of satin black and 20minutes of light sanding surface prep. would probably give you the best results [/quote]
The beams on my Old 1981 Hobie 18 were so badly faded and scratched that I painted them like that, just sanded, masked off, and shot a spray can of black appliance paint on.
They looked great for about two seasons and then started to look pretty bad do to the paint scratching off and fading since it is not nearly as strong as the original anodizing.
At the time I looked into having the beams and boom powder coated, which is a very strong finish, but turned out to be expensive and kind of difficult to get done.
[img]http://www.axminster.co.uk/images/products/WD200_l.jpg[/img]What I use on my never H18, where the anodizing is still in good shape, is simply a good cleaning with WD40, works the same way as Penetrol and you probably already have it. Just spray on and try to wipe it completely off, You'll be amazed at how black your mast will look, lasts a couple of months then repeat.
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