At 05:50 AM 11/9/2006, Jack - K4WSB wrote:
>I had a ham fried who was the radio office on a sulphur ship. Over
>the years he tried everything to attempt to protect his
>antennas. Needless to say, between the salt & sulphur fumes nothing worked.
>On one occasion he sprayed Krylon and found that once the paint
>cracked it allowed moisture to creep under the paint and caused more
>corrosion.
>
>This was more than a few years back so my question is: are the
>current acrylics more flexible and less prone to cracking? Once it
>does crack will it not cause for more problems?
You probably want something more like Dolph AC-43 (used for
insulating motor windings, etc.). It's more flexible and designed to
take thermal and mechanical stresses. There are a variety of grades
and similar products that have different viscosities, etc.
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