Product to revitalise Selden Mast and boom

[mocruising]

A couple of years ago I paid someone to cut back the caulking and revitalise the teak decks on the boat. Unfortunately he used a very aggressive acid (I think ) product. *od knows how but some of this product got onto the base of the mast and the boom leaving dull patches. Does anyone know of a product that can be used safely on anodised masts and booms.

 

[BabaYaga]

Seldén recommends mineral oil or boat polish/wax.

 

[Seajet]

If one's going purely cosmetic ' Deks Olye ' is good for that, like a ( fairly ) permanent wet-look varnish.

I think I'd prefer to paint the foot of the mast with an alloy - friendly finish; the Dulux ' trade ' stuff is VERY good, unlike Hammerite which I have found useless.

 

[Twister_Ken]

Blakes used to do a mast oil. Not ground-trembling good, but better than elbow grease alone. Might now be available from Hempels?

 

[sailorman]

Blakes used to do a mast oil. Not ground-trembling good, but better than elbow grease alone. Might now be available from Hempels?

yes i used that as well & would again

 

[wot]

Before applying any protective finish, was the anodised finish on the mast and boom damaged? If it was, then for long term corrective action the aluminium needs to be re-protected using something like Alocrom or Alodine before applying a cosmetic finish over the damaged area.

 

[PaulR]

we read a tip of polishing with baby oil - have tried it for last 2 seasons and happy enough with result (used to use a wax polish before that)

 

[Poignard]

we read a tip of polishing with baby oil - have tried it for last 2 seasons and happy enough with result (used to use a wax polish before that)

Yes that certainly made my 46 years old mast look better. And it's cheap!