I was planning to lightly wet/dry sand the entire pole and repaint it with Awlgrip - but if there is a better way, I'd like to hear it.
Had the same problem, I was tired of wearing leather gloves when handling my mast. So...I did some research on this last Winter and found that most OEM's use Awlgrip. I don't know if there's a "better" way, but Alwgrip comes in a satin finish as well as gloss.
