T&T: Painting anchor chain - Primer?

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Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:51:15 -0400
From: "baypelican" <baypelican at earthlink.net>
Subject: T&T: Painting anchor chain - Primer?
To: <trawlers-and-trawlering at lists.samurai.com>

After years of using cable ties to mark the length of my anchor chain my new
windlass will not accept the cable ties.  I am planning on painting the
length indications on the chain.  This is 10 year old BBB chain in
reasonable shape. 

Does one prime the anchor chain and if so with what paint?  Any suggestions
as to primer or other suggestions on how to paint the chain would be
appreciated.


If you get tired of repainting, try just weaving 3-4 feet of line in and out
of the chain links. You can use line of different colors for different chain
lengths. The line does not inter fear with the chain going through the wildcat
and lasts a very long time.
 
                                                                             
Capt. Bill