By the way, Maury, on that same website ... http://www.stripmasterspor15.com/blast.htm ... there's a reference to "POR15" paint. Great stuff. Comes in silver (or aluminum) as well as clear (primer) a
Anyone got a quick method for stripping FAA red & white from Rohn tower? My drill and wire brush seem to be taking forever...though perhaps I need a different brush bit. Thanks / 73 Maury W3EF
I used a pressure washer, professional (rental) power. Worked fine, but I'm still finding big flakes of orange paint in my gravel driveway 5 years later! 73, Pete N4ZR Sometimes a tower is just a tow
I was recently reading N3RR's webpage and tower subsystem pages. He had paint removed from his AB105 tower by having it sandblasted then galvanized. http://users.erols.com/n3rr/tower/index.htm 73, Ed
I have heard of blasting galvanized towers with `soda ash,' removing the paint but not the zinc. 73 (= Best Regards) de: Ron ka4inm@tampabay.rr.com 100% LINUX, since July, 1997 SENT Time and Date ar
Only because so many things like towers, bridge ect. were painted with lead based paint and the sheared size of tower sections, I believe the sandblasting might be the best way to go. These companies
There is also a plastic abrasive which is used to remove paint quickly from aluminum aircraft panels without damaging the metal surface. Perhaps that would work equally well for galvanized towers. Je
How about sand blasting. A good compressor and a blaster - not too expensive. Gerry Smith 505-281-2721 Anyone got a quick method for stripping FAA red & white from Rohn tower? My drill and wire brush