the lowers I hit with 400 grit emery cloth and then sprayed some rustoleum gloss black on them.

the upper shrouds I sprayed with rustoleum flat black!

if they wear or chip too much, I can always have them powder coated over the winter LOL


USS Carl Vinson, HT2 and USN Fire marshal, 50,000 miles sailing over the briney deep *World cruise 1983*, plankowner CVN-70