Was yours applied with a brush or mitt, or was it spray-on? Maybe the spray
stuff is less effective.
My 33 y.o. tower could use a paint job, since in some spots the galvanising
appears to be completely gone, leaving a layer of dark brown surface rust. Not
to the point of scaling or flaking; with aluminium paint or rusty metal primer
I would just apply it right over the rust which would be about right to assure
a strong bond. I wouldn't attempt to wire-brush an entire standing tower in any
case.
My tower is 127' of Rohn 25. Would anyone have any idea how many gallons of
paint it should take, using a painter's mitt?
Don k4kyv
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I only have experience with the ZRC cold galvanizing compound. When I first
read your post I thought what a good time to review my old chemistry and
valence bonding etc. After looking up the valence shells for AL, FE, and ZN I
thought, screw that I'll just offer my opinion.
I painted my Rohn 45 20 years ago with a couple of quarts of ZRC cold
galvanizing. The cans are heavy and the contents look like liquid zinc. ZRC
says it is about 95% zinc flakes. Looking up their FAQ they claim that it does
perform the galvanic bond as the flakes bond together and the carrier dries.
In my case I painted it over an already painted red/orange and white
transmitter tower. I power washed the tower first and knocked off as much of
the paint as I could, cleaned up any small rust spots and then painted it with
the ZRC. The ZRC is tough stuff. It hasn't flaked in 20 years/2 QTHs and if
you pull a rope over a wrung it will polish the spot to a shiny silver bare
metallic sheen. I would have to agree that the stuff bonded well to the
tower. I suppose I could make some ohmic measurements from inside surface to
outside surface the next time I have it down and see if it is electrically
bonded as well but don't expect that measurement this week.
Earl
N8SS
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