Black Rudders and Painting Rudders

My Black rudder cracked and now i have one black and one white. This bothers me so can i paint the white one or will it just peel off? Any subjestions. I will buy a black one i'm in NC but don't want to pay an extreme amount due to the fact that i don't really need it. Thanks

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Hayden 1988 national H16

Where are you in nc? I have a black one, and I may consider a trade.

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James
86' Redline Hobie 16
Sail # 76909

Burlington. But I'm in the process of getting the boat so I want have the rudder for a while

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Hayden 1988 national H16

I have the white lexan (I think) rudders. I painted mine black and have been very pleased with the results. My white rudders were actually yellow. I used acetone to clean the rudders. This worked very well to remove all the yellowing. I then purchased one can of spray paint from Lowes made specifically for plastic. So far the black paint has held up extremely well through the entire summer. There is only one scratch and that is from rubbing the rudder against the corner of my shed while moving the boat around.......and even that did not take the paint all the way down to the white. Just scuffed the paint.

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'88 Nationals Blue
Hobie Alter Signature Model
Sail #11

Hobie Mirage Classic

My rudders were extremely yellowed so I painted them the same color as my decks and sails with Krylon Fusion. Fusion is specially formulated for plastics. For the most part it has held up fine with no peeling or scaling at all. The problems are the at the lower castings. As the rudders rotate up and down the aluminum casting scrapes the paint away in a semi-circle. Also, the lower forward edge where the sand kicks up the rudders is bare. I don't know that there is anything you can do to prevent either.

Well if you're going to paint the rudders then go whole hog and get funky! Red, yellow, stripes, graphics (how about a shark biting the rudder?), swirls, etc.

Hey! I like that idea! That would look kinda cool.

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'88 Nationals Blue
Hobie Alter Signature Model
Sail #11

Hobie Mirage Classic

Burlington, and a trade would be good

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Hayden 1988 national H16

I would like to see some pictures of people that have had fun painting their rudders!

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There's a guy in town that does some incredible gelcoat tie dye. I'll see if I can get a pic of his rudders.

J

Get those photos! I'll needlessly spend money on that!!

Does he tye-dye the gel coats of hulls too!?? That sounds cool, you should see if you can get some pics!!

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Chris

1980 H16
Emerald Blue Sails

I've only seen him do rudders.

This guy's classic. He's about 25, and lives on his Hobie 18 in a tent all summer long right at the point. He sails all over the local coast surfing and catching fish.

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"Classic"? In my town we'd call that guy "homeless." But, I'm not knocking it, and Santa Cruz is an exception in nearly every category, and it seems to work down there. So if I get him to do my rudders will he accept fish as payment, or is the currency still hemp and beads?

That would be awesome to spent the summer sailing it would beat the hell out of rush hour traffic and working all summer!

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Floyd
00 Tiger
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10 Mile Surfside, Texas
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