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

[Pete Smith]

At 04:59 PM 4/26/00 EDT, you wrote:
>
>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'.  ...

First off, there is special primer for galvanized steel -- highly recommended.

I primed my used Rohn 25 and then painted it with ordinary, dark grey
exterior latex house paint (good quality, but not industrial strength).
After 4+ years, it still looks very good.  For lower visibility, I would
use a lighter grey if the main sightline is silhouetted against the sky,
and dark brown if the background is forest.  In Reston, Va, not the most
forgiving of places, I knew a guy who had a TH-7 on a 75-foot crankup that
was ALL painted dark brown, and it was very hard to see against the wooded
backdrop.

73, Pete Smith N4ZR
n4zr@contesting.com 

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