[TowerTalk] 4130 mast corrision treatment?

[K7LXC@aol.com]

In a message dated 99-07-28 09:46:18 EDT, jackcolson@x-press.net writes:

> I have been told totally opposite approaches for treating 4130 Chrome-
>  moly mast material.  I'd like to learn what others have done.    So what
>  is recommended ?

      I'm not sure what you mean by "totally opposite approaches".

      In general, some sort of protective coating will eliminate or retard 
oxidation. The best is hot-dipped galvanizing. If that's impractical, then 
using some sort of manually applied coating will work. This could be an 
industrial coating or marine paint. 

     I don't know what the rate of oxidation is on a piece of chromoly steel, 
but even untreated it'd probably last for 50 years or more. 

Cheers,   Steve  K7LXC

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