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Conference unifix::sailing

Title:	SAILING
Notice:	Please read Note 2.* before participating in this conference
Moderator:	UNIFIX::BERENS

Created:	Wed Jul 01 1992
Last Modified:	Mon Jun 02 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	2299
Total number of notes:	20724

1399.0. "anodizing recommendation?" by MOORED::GERSTLE () Sun Nov 26 1989 14:33

    I am interested in having my spinnaker pole stripped and anodized over
    the winter.  Any recommendations of vendors in the eastern Mass. or
    Rhode Island area for doing the job?  About how much should I expect a
    job like this to cost?

    As always, thanks for you input,
    Carl

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1399.1 STEREO::HO Thu Nov 30 1989 16:16 12

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1399.1		STEREO::HO		`Thu Nov 30 1989 16:16`	12
	The last time I broke my pole I made some phone calls to outfits in the Boston yellow pages. Costs were something like under $2/ft for a 10 ft pole with a $50 minimum charge. Since the section only cost about $20 or so, it didn't seem worth it. Especially since I'd probably drop it overboard or break it before it rusted out anyway. I did, however, put some wax on it and it seems to be holding up OK. If the pole is a good one, anodizing is the way to go. Much prettier and tougher than paint. - gene

    The last time I broke my pole I made some phone calls to outfits
    in the Boston yellow pages.  Costs were something like under $2/ft
    for a 10 ft pole with a $50 minimum charge.  Since the section only
    cost about $20 or so, it didn't seem worth it.  Especially since
    I'd probably drop it overboard or break it before it rusted out
    anyway.  I did, however, put some wax on it and it seems to be holding
    up OK.  If the pole is a good one, anodizing is the way to go. 
    Much prettier and tougher than paint.
    
    - gene