I have some AB-105 with some surface rust. I plan on putting part of it up for a 40'-50' tower beside my house. In order to make it less noticeable I plan to paint it black. (I have a black mast up n
Suggest you take it to a professional big galvanizing place. They will strip it and regalvanize it. No need to sandblast it unless it has been painted. The local place here has a minimum charge of ar
I dont know if black will be all that invisible. However Ive found the absolute best rust stopping paint is Zero Rust. It is used industrially as well as the Navy and is quite popular with antique ca
Right next door to where I work is a place that did just this for my Rohn 25 sections. I don't believe they would have been able/wanted to remove any paint (I had none so this wasn't an issue). They
Some years back, N3ORY and I did this on some Rohn 25 and maybe some 45 and other stuff too. A place in Baltimore ("Southern Galvanizing" I think it was) had a $100 or so minimum, which covered the f
Doug, I just had North American Galvanizers in Louisville run my 100ft of Rohn-45 (30yrs old) through the four dip tanks and the hot-dip galvanizing tank. It looks like a new tower. The did the whole
At 04:06 PM 9/23/2003 -0400, Bill Cotter wrote: Doug, I just had North American Galvanizers in Louisville run my 100ft of Rohn-45 (30yrs old) through the four dip tanks and the hot-dip galvanizing ta
On the prompting of several posts, I contacted the two nearest galvanizers that I could find: Tampa and Jacksonville. Tampa wants $0.69/# to strip the existing zinc and regalvanize. Jacksonville want
You can't really compare cold galvanizing to the real thing. It's well worth getting it done right. gm -- a g 0 n at a r r l dot n e t http colon slash slash mcduffie dot ws _________________________
Perhaps it is wise, when refurbishing a galvanized tower section that shows some rust, to inspect the inside of any tubular member for rust or other deterioration. Rust is a symptom of deteriorating
What do you use to inspect the inside of the tower legs? I am guessing one could use a fiber optic gadget of some sort as one would want to see the inside of at least one crossmember joint. -- Thank
I was given a 150 foot R25 tower last year that had some serious rust damage to one leg at 60 feet. We dropped the second set of guys and pulled it over with the truck. It was definitely rusting from
Wow, your picture is enough to convince me (anyone?) that had any reservations to make sure the tower was placed where it couldn't fall on anything you cared about. Question, does the "acid bath" use
The acid bath should REMOVE any existing rusting, thus will stop it by totally taking the existing rusting off. It will not stop future rusting. In fact, once all the galvanizing has been removed and
The EPA boys are really down on plating & galvanizing Companies to the extent that some are going out of business rather than putting up with it. Here in the Fla Panhandle the closest places are Atla
Author: Peter Chadwick <g3rzp@g3rzp.wanadoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 1 May 2006 20:13:24 +0200 (CEST)
extent that some are going out of business rather than putting up with it. < This seems to apply across the Western world these days. While one can understand environmental concerns, one has to wonde
I just started following this thread and looks like everything runs to galvanizing but the BLM required me to actually have a 150 foot cell tower painted out here in Oregon as it was too "reflective"