[C38] Powder-coating steering pedestal

[John Erlandson]

The durability of the paint does not mean 25 years in the marine environment with dissimilar metals in contact with each other. I used edsons rebuild service and replaced the pedestal and a few other parts now it looks great works like new. Defender has all the parts avail much cheaper than dealing with edson directly. Edson has a great catalog, lots of diagrams to identify part #'s
John-
#291 Mal de Mer
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  From: eyriepg at comcast.net 
  To: Catalina 38 Listserve 
  Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 11:31 AM
  Subject: Re: [C38] Powder-coating steering pedestal


  My pedestal badly needs help also.  I talked with an Edson rep at a boat show about 3 years ago and he indicated that Edson would rebuild and refinish the pedestal for about $300.  This the route that I plan to go, but keep planning to do it over the winter.

  I believe the original finish was powder coated.  I think it was also used on the dinette table post in the C38.  Some people I have talked with taut the durability of this paint, but it certainly hasn't held up on my boat.

  Phil Gay
  C38 049 Que Linda
  Everett, WA

    -------------- Original message -------------- 
    From: "Duff, Russ (R.W.)" <rduff at visteon.com> 

    I was thinking of refinishing the steering pedestal on my 1981 while it is removed for repairing the rotted cockpit sole (which is progressing SLOWLY... damn rain!).  Originally I was only going to paint it then I thought powder coating might be better.  Has anyone done this?  If so, how do you like it?  How much would it cost? What were the pedestals originally finished with (mine is a 1981 model)?  Thanks for the info

    Sincerely, 
    Russ Duff 
    Catalina 38, Hull #112
    "AVANTURA"
    Lake Erie
    Grosse Ile, Michigan
    RDUFF AT VISTEON DOT COM 








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