Any recommendations on the best way to shine up a yagi that has been lying unassembled under weeds and leaves for a number of years? I just picked up a used M2 20m yagi, and want to "shine it up" a
Eric I use a compound that is a aluminum polishing, I found it in Lowes in the section where the Truck box are, The last bottle was trashed and the name is not very clear in my mind , say something l
You can rub it with Scotchbrite pads to remove surface oxidation, especially where parts join, but WHY would you want it to 'shine' otherwise? It will work fine 'dull'. 73 Don N8DE __________________
Scotchbrite came back and bit me some years ago. The "metal in it" got in the pits of elements and actually made the antenna look like it rusted a month later. Even though it wasn't the aluminum, it
I was wondering that. Force 12 advertises they tumble parts so they are not highly reflective. Of course being in the grass and weeks it probably needs a good cleaning. 73 Roger (K8RI) ______________
ERRR... That should have said: being in the grass and "weeds" it probably needs a good cleaning. 73 Roger (K8RI) _______________________________________________ ______________________________________
Same thing I was wondering. I went out of my way to paint my tower and yagis with dark camouflage colors to make them less obtrusive for the neighborhood, and everything is four acre parcels here. Ch
You can rub it with Scotchbrite pads to remove surface oxidation, Ah, but don't they look pretty glimmering in the sun...if you don't have any neighbors. I've always found the signals are louder with
Seems that everyone has forgotten the Aluminum replacement program at Texas Towers. There is no need for all the hard work cleaning and polishing all those grubby antenna elements. Replace with new o
"Metal in it"????????????? Scotchbrite is POLY PAD with NO METAL IN IT. 73 Don N8DE _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing l
I use RF grease to let the signal slide off better for that. Dave n4zkf You can rub it with Scotchbrite pads to remove surface oxidation, Ah, but don't they look pretty glimmering in the sun...if you
I use a Scotch Brite pad on the tubing and then hose it off with water. John KK9A Any recommendations on the best way to shine up a yagi that has been lying unassembled under weeds and leaves for a n
Are you sure that you didn't use some other product? I'm not aware of any iron in Scotch Brite pads and I have recycled a lot of aluminum using the product with no issues. 3M claims it will never rus
Steel wool or a fine sandpaper, then a coat of clear acrylic "DX Spray". Good luck! _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing l
Yes, my bad. I had SOS on the brain when I saw scotch bright. Are you sure that you didn't use some other product? I'm not aware of any iron in Scotch Brite pads and I have recycled a lot of aluminum
This pads are great to clean and leave smooth the surface of any metal pipe or tubing and are the first thing to use if you want to make SHINE the idea is to polish is how I understand Force 12 use n
Same here. My 120 ft of Rohn 25, painted dark brown, holding SteppIR with boom wrapped with Scotch 33, is very hard to see through the trees. Photos on qrz.com 73, Jim K9YC __________________________
Hi Jim and all, About 18 years ago we built our home outside Peoria, Il. on 5 acres. At the time we were the 3rd house out of the possible eight. Put up a US Tower 55' crack-up (because of my wife's
Painting around here, might be a never ending job. In the summer the bottom 80' would need to be green and in winter a Dark Gray. Anything above 80' stands out like a sore thumb regardless of color a
Just about anything will stand out against the sky, but in general flat dark colors are the least noticeable. I used to live in the middle of Scottsdale and I spent a lot of time looking around while