Gold to silver - spinnaker pole

[Finbar]

Having been a white sails cruiser, I have been tempted with the gift of a spinnaker, used but good. I have also picked up a old spinnaker pole of the right size, but it is annodised gold rather than silver. Any tips for an easy way to turn it silver to match my mast, or should I just accept it as is? I await your wisdom.

 

[VicS]

Having been a white sails cruiser, I have been tempted with the gift of a spinnaker, used but good. I have also picked up a old spinnaker pole of the right size, but it is annodised gold rather than silver. Any tips for an easy way to turn it silver to match my mast, or should I just accept it as is? I await your wisdom.

The fittings could be removed and the old gold anodising could be stripped off and re-anodised without any colouring. You would have to talk to a local anodisers in order to discover if you think it worth while.

 

[sarabande]

Have it sprayed dayglo yellow or orange so that your crew can always see where it is.

 

[Tradewinds]

You could spray it with this stuff.

http://www.metateclimitedonline.com/product/aluminium spray

 

[parbuckle]

It would probably look reasonable in white , perhaps strip off the fittings and take it to a car spray shop or have a go yourself but you will need a specialist primer.

 

[PeterWright]

You've already guessed the right answer - leave as is, The only finish that will come anywhere near the durability of the existing gold anodising is to have it polished off and reanodised in silver. I suspect the charge for that will be more than the cost of buying a new silver anodised tube, then swapping the fittings over.

Before you do anything, it's worth having a play - there are a few different ways of rigging a spinnaker pole so you should decide on your preferred approach and get things set up accordingly before spending money on the colour.

 

[William_H]

You've already guessed the right answer - leave as is, The only finish that will come anywhere near the durability of the existing gold anodising is to have it polished off and reanodised in silver. I suspect the charge for that will be more than the cost of buying a new silver anodised tube, then swapping the fittings over.

Before you do anything, it's worth having a play - there are a few different ways of rigging a spinnaker pole so you should decide on your preferred approach and get things set up accordingly before spending money on the colour.

Yes agree once you get going with that "mad woman" as I call my spin, the colour of the po0le will be your least concern. olewill

 

[Stemar]

You've already guessed the right answer - leave as is, The only finish that will come anywhere near the durability of the existing gold anodising is to have it polished off and reanodised in silver. I suspect the charge for that will be more than the cost of buying a new silver anodised tube, then swapping the fittings over.

+1

Spi poles have a hard life so, unless you do it properly, it'll start to look scruffy after a couple of uses. Go for gold!

 

[merlin3688]

Cheapest option as mentioned is to buy a new Silver anodised pole and re-fit existing ends. If you know the make of the pole a good chance the tube is still available as long as its not Proctor and tapered!

 

[lw395]

Cheapest option as mentioned is to buy a new Silver anodised pole and re-fit existing ends. If you know the make of the pole a good chance the tube is still available as long as its not Proctor and tapered!

+1.
There was a bloke selling the anodised tube on eBay a while back.
Or you could paint it white, so it looks like a carbon one....

 

[merlin3688]

That bloke was probably me!! Still have tube if its the correct size, cheap for forum members!

 

[Finbar]

Many thanks for all the advice. The pole is Proctor with tapered ends, from a Bowman 40 - I do not know what happened the boat. I picked up two poles with spigots on one end and the usual fitting on the other, one of which is the right length at 4.2m. I have a track on my Selden mast, but no fitting for the pole. I am not sure if a slide car is available for the proctor toggle, and would probably like in any case to be able to end for end the pole, so I will probably make one pole up from both with normal opening end fittings. It looks like it will be staying gold, although the aluminium paint could be a possibility,

 

[2copplane]

That bloke was probably me!! Still have tube if its the correct size, cheap for forum members!

+1 i bought a pole, and fittings off you for my 40ds. Crazy cheap, great service, you must be a registered charity for rehoming Ali tube and fittings.

Another alternative to paint could be heat shrink polyefin tubing at about £10 per metre off eBay.