[TowerTalk] Re: Tower paint......what color ?

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In a message dated 04/26/2000 12:44:24 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
jim.thomson@telus.com writes:

> Fellows,  Iv'e searched the archives to no avail on this subject.
>  
>  -What is a good color to paint a tower to make it more acceptable to
>  'the neighbourhood'.  New Trylon sections glint in the sun.  They have a
>  film of gunk on them when new. After several months outside in the wx
>  and rain, they weather a bit,  and are then suitable to take paint
>  easily.
>  
>  -Was thinking of a flat, non reflective gray or blue grey.    Then I
>  hear of everything from black to sky blue  to green.
>  
>  -What makes a tower  'vanish' ??
>  
>  -One fellow here in town painted his entire TH6DX  white !      Why
>  paint even sticks to flexing elements is beyond me.   (it's still on)
>  -I think painting yagis would screw them up electrically. If paint ever
>  started flaking off, it would look even worse, and require removal to
>  repaint.
>  
>  -I don't want to get into high level experimentation  with tower paint.
>  I don't want to reinvent the wheel.I'm sure somebody has some info on
>  this.

>  Jim   VE7RQ

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