steve you might check out that grease; i believe it was a silicon grease.
It will not wash off.
It is the most worst stuff you ever got on your hands. It's sticky
gooy and is nasty too boot
I can believe they used a paint brush. it probably is the best for the
above reasons.
bill
At 11:30 PM 5/5/01, K7LXC@aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 5/4/01 11:52:44 AM Pacific Daylight Time, k3est@mother.com
>writes:
>
> > From: "bill" <ny9h@home.com>
> > To: <sales@championradio.com>
> > Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 9:28 AM
> >
> >
> > > I should have thought of looking here earlier. I found both the cold
> > > galv as well as the cable lube. ( ed. <A HREF="www.championradio.com">
>www.championradio.com</A> )
> > > Now the big question, my 72 ft US Tower came with some kind of grease on
> > > the sliding contact areas of the sections. Is is some kind of silicon
> > > grease ?? Do you sell something that would be appropriate to smear on
> > that
> > > part , after I spray cold galv ? ( it looks like the galv was
> 'polished'
> > > off the area where the sections rub together.)
>
> I just spent a couple of days at the UST factory learning about their
>towers and that was one of my questions. I got the name of the grease that
>they would paint on the tower sliding part but it turns out they don't use it
>anymore. The reason was that it attracted too much dirt and grit. It's also
>really messy to apply and they did it with a brush.
>
> Now they use beeswax to help things slide better during assembly. It
>would be practically impossible to put this on yourself on a finished tower
>so I guess my answer is that there isn't anything the factory specifically
>recommends for sliding tower section greasing.
>
> Perhaps you could use some light lubricating substance like WD-40,
>silicon spray or something similar. While it wouldn't be too long lasting as
>the rain would wash it away, it probably wouldn't hurt to do it a couple of
>times a year. Even that would be helpful.
>
> I'm going to post this on TowerTalk since there are lots of crank-up
>owners wondering about the same thing. Hope you don't mind.
>
>Cheers, Steve K7LXC
>Tower Tech
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