Yeah, I seem to remember that there was an outfit in Jacksonville FL that
specifically did re-galvanizing. Try Google-ing it.
regards,
Mahlon - K4OQ
>
> From: Jim Lux <jimlux@earthlink.net>
> Date: 2004/02/23 Mon PM 08:48:27 EST
> To: "Gary R." <n6lrv@cox.net>, TOWERTALK@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Re-galvanizing tower sections
>
>
> > If Julio can find someone in his area with the capability to recoat the
> > tower sections I would suspect it will cost a great deal of money.
>
> Probably not all that expensive.. It's some small number of cents per pound
> (actually, they'll quote it in dollars/hundredweight) of whatever they're
> dipping into the tank of molten zinc. I forgot what we paid 7 years ago,
> when I had some welded structures galvanized, but it's just not that
> expensive. (I'm thinking in the $20/hundredweight range) Think of it this
> way... It's got to be a LOT less than the selling cost of the tower
> section, or tower mfrs couldn't afford to do it as part of a manufacturing
> process.
>
>
> Check the yellow pages for "galvanizing" and call around.
>
> Jim, W6RMK
>
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