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    Posted: 09 Nov 06 at 6:57pm
Originally posted by dics

Found a tin of the stuff last night. It got the rather cheesy name of "Black in a Flash". It's made by Turtlewax and costs about a fiver.

Did you use the wax or the aresole(sp?)?

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my mast on my 600 needs some attention, its currently in the garage. when i rub it down with a cloth lots of hairy little bits of carbon come off. what should i do? will putting some new varnish on it be okay? (i have some twopack varnish from when my dad was using it for something) or does it need more drastic measures?

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Unless its really peeling I'd just use two pot. I doubt putting more epoxy on would help: it would be a kinda desperate measures option.
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Originally posted by mike ellis

when i rub it down with a cloth lots of hairy little bits of carbon come off.


If bits of carbon are coming off when you rub it with a cloth that sounds like a bit of a problem! Are you sure its not just the laquer rubbing off? I'd take Jims advice and just re-varnish it as then it'll at least look good even if it is proper rogered!
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i had that with my rs300 topmast. however the bottom mast was fine. Turns out, 2sails after i bought it the bottom section went. either way, i would throw some varnish in its direction. atleast then if you need to send pics in to the insurance company if it goes then it looks well cared for

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thanks all, varnish it is!
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Why would applying 2 pot coloured paint weigh more than the equivalent volume of 2 pot varnish?

Does the varnish absorb the UV or reflect it? and if so shouldn't the paint absorb or reflect it better?

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A decent varnish should protect from UV as well as paint will I think... but there is an argument for using a light coloured (white) paint to reflect heat. Not sure on the weight front but I doubt theres a lot in it.
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the change of weight will down the difference in weight of the pigment to the resen/hardner it replaces it think, overall i'd have thought that it would be pritty small.
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