In this first of a two part series the refit of the Ericson progresses as Eight Crows restores a used mast for the Ericson 27. We clean, sand, sandblast and ...

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there we go again estimate these self

inching levers at the end of this

brand-new boom well you know what brand

new boon to me but it's actually useful

Boone died that I got there free and

we're going to be using on the boat this

year so anyway the the mouse and boom

the painted island is getting kind of

worn and thin and we got corrosion at

the end and whatnot I don't like black

on a boom anywhere shiny and other way

so we're going to have to clean it up so

part of our preparation it's going to be

the pressure washer we're going to blast

off all the aluminum oxide and any loose

paint and whatnot and after that we're

going to use a sander clean it up rather

any of those rough edges out so that the

lethal plank this video we're going to

use a white filling primer on this and

it's topside metal primer that we're

going to shoot and then finally we're

going to use a topside I gloss white

design ash

oisin the USC miles away so let's begin

with getting ready for our pressure

washing in the preparation of our mast

and boom were at the part where we're

going to use this 3500 psi pressure

washer that's going to with a very

narrow we're going to believe I'm

running a 15th Greek to go on this this

is going to be able to knock off pretty

well any kind of loose paint and

particulate just on Koosman and the boom

this will quickly let me prepare it and

after that we're going to use a random

orbital to feather in some of the paint

chips before we hit it with the timer

and then finally with some high-gloss

marine paint so let's start this puppy

up and see what we can get out of 3,500

pounds

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so we're all prepped up to sand the mask

we're going to sand down all the rough

spots trying to get it looking as smooth

as possible because ultimately prep work

in making a nice gloss look and finish

it's all about how nice you sand down

the rough spots how nice filled old

paint feathers in and then we're going

to do some priming and to coat of a

gloss Tom side pane so off we go and

let's do some sand

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so on someone more difficult spots like

right here with a stays attached I've

had to sandblast so that it cleans up

really nice and the brand-new paint has

good clean surface to stick and if the

paint will end up having the the most

protection for this mask so I got one

more place at the other end of the mask

which I've a different difficult spot so

I'm going to quickly sandblast it and

then this mask is what finished in the

sanding portion but and then we have to

move on to the cleaning I'm going to

wash it with degreaser D wax or silicone

remover and after that I'm going to hit

all the bare metal with zinc chromate

primer and then once that dries up we're

going to paint the whole mask with a

very light coat of white primer so that

the base is all the same color okay

moving on

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now they were done sanding me back I'm

going to need to wash it with with this

tumbler silicone and wax also removes

grease essentially going to wipe down

the whole map just before I hit the zinc

chromate primer in all of their spots so

away I go

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now that we've got it all washed and

it's degreased and there's no wax on it

what we're going to do is my preference

is to use zinc chromate primer I could

zinc chromate on any anything that's got

bare metal for it and once that once

that's all dried up and cured then we

will be painting it with a metal type

white primer so that the whole map is

white the uniform color and then we'll

lay down our gloss coat on top of that

so let's go and do something chromate

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what a successful day we managed to get

the full mast zinc prime zinc chromate

primer and it will dry overnight and

then tomorrow morning we're going to set

up this mast on a rotating type of table

so that we can do a base coat finish

coat on the primer which we're going to

do the white primer to can make this

whole mass white then we're going to

turn around and let that dry and do a

tap coat finish coat on the gloss so

every will have a finished mass this

will be fantastic I can't wait because I

want to rig it up and I want to get it

come on

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Erickson restoring so anyway have a good

night bye bye