Re: Cal T/2 Spreaders

I recently refurbished my 1966 mast. The wooden spreaders had quite a bit of lichen on the top surfaces. I scraped and sanded them, then gave them a generous bath in neat epoxy. The wood took up the epoxy well. Put them back up for another 45 years I hope. George Barlow Cal 28 No. 155

Epoxy is not UV tolerant. Perhaps a good coat of varnish or since it will not be visible from below, one of the marine (petit) paints to protect the epoxy. Just a thought. John Raxter > On Oct 24, 2013, at 9:02 AM, George Barlow <ge… [at] yahoo.com> wrote: > > I recently refurbished my 1966 mast. The wooden spreaders had quite a bit of lichen on the top surfaces. I scraped and sanded them, then gave them a generous bath in neat epoxy. The wood took up the epoxy well. Put them back up for another 45 years I hope. > > ___________________ > George Barlow > Cal 28 No. 155 > > > > > >

Paint the top white to reflect heat. then paint on a caricature of a snake to reflect birds. reggie CC: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com From: jr… [at] triad.rr.com Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 10:20:21 -0400 Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Re: Cal T/2 Spreaders Epoxy is not UV tolerant. Perhaps a good coat of varnish or since it will not be visible from below, one of the marine (petit) paints to protect the epoxy. Just a thought. John Raxter On Oct 24, 2013, at 9:02 AM, George Barlow <ge… [at] yahoo.com> wrote: I recently refurbished my 1966 mast. The wooden spreaders had quite a bit of lichen on the top surfaces. I scraped and sanded them, then gave them a generous bath in neat epoxy. The wood took up the epoxy well. Put them back up for another 45 years I hope. ___________________ George Barlow Cal 28 No. 155

I had these guys to spreaders for my cal 2-29 in aluminum. I thought their prices were very good and the product was great. http://www.newjsi.com/spars.aspx I sent them a dimensioned drawing of my spreaders and then back that up with pictures showing the spreader with a tape measure next to it. A great feeling not having to maintain the wood. Jim Cal 29 sailor

that's what I did on my cal 29,,,did penetrating epoxy several coats on all sides, the when last coat was tacky, I painted with white EZpoxy, two layers. then I painted a green snake with an open mouth and white teeth. New owner also says he's the only boat on his dock not splattered with bird dirt. (in Santa Cruz now). It's been this way for over 4 years and they still sparkle. Helen (the boatyard laughed when I did it, but my boom sailcover is still unspotted). From: r good <my… [at] hotmail.com> To: "Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com" <ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2013 8:06 AM Subject: RE: [Cal_Boats] Re: Cal T/2 Spreaders Paint the top white to reflect heat. then paint on a caricature of a snake to reflect birds. reggie CC: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com From: jr… [at] triad.rr.com Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 10:20:21 -0400 Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Re: Cal T/2 Spreaders Epoxy is not UV tolerant. Perhaps a good coat of varnish or since it will not be visible from below, one of the marine (petit) paints to protect the epoxy. Just a thought. John Raxter On Oct 24, 2013, at 9:02 AM, George Barlow <ge… [at] yahoo.com> wrote: >I recently refurbished my 1966 mast. The wooden spreaders had quite a bit of lichen on the top surfaces. I scraped and sanded them, then gave them a generous bath in neat epoxy. The wood took up the epoxy well. Put them back up for another 45 years I hope. > > >___________________ > George Barlow > Cal 28 No. 155 > > > > > >

On 10/24/2013 10:20 AM, John Raxter wrote: > > > Epoxy is not UV tolerant. Perhaps a good coat of varnish or since it > will not be visible from below, one of the marine (petit) paints to > protect the epoxy. This is a very late reply, but what the heck. My other boat has varnished wooden spreaders. Keeping varnish on the top surface was an annual chore. Taking a cue from this list, I painted the upper surface, which is indeed invisible unless you're higher than the spreaders. The white surface has been maintenance-free ever since. I think I repainted once. Unprotected epoxy is a disaster. It will yellow and peel, except where it chooses not to, and then it's a struggle getting that part off in the future. My Cal 20 came with an epoxied companionway dropboard. It was peeling and awful. Getting the @#$%&**!!! stuff off was tough. I finally got it off, stained, and then varnished (without epoxy under it). My sea kayak has a deck that's epoxied and then varnished for UV protection. First I used regular epoxy and it began to fail. I removed that with the most poisonous paint remover I could find and lots of swearing. Then I used Gougeon's special coating hardener and multiple coats of UV filter spar varnish. It has survived for another 14 years or so, but it lives indoors when not in the water. Chris Campbell