[TowerTalk] tower paint

[seweber@netnitco.net]

>I seem to remember a thread or two about touching up rusted or tarnished
>Galvanized tower with some type of paint?  Any suggestions?
>
>thanks,
>
>ed
>
>w1zz
>
Hello Ed:

I bought 7 sections of used Rohn 25 about 15 years ago and used steel wool
to remove rust and brush-on zinc coating to touch up the nasty spots.  I
wrapped the end of a 10 stick of 1/2" thinwall conduit with coarse steel
wool and used it to clean the INSIDE of each leg, then used a rag on the
conduit to make a giant Q-TIP for painting the inside of each leg.  Three
coats inside and out, with at least 24 hour drying time between coats.  I
pulled the tower down after 10+ years (lost the qth in a divorce) and it
came right apart and looked as good inside and out as the day I put it up.

Steve Weber, KD9BO
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