[TowerTalk] Tower Paintin'

[Bill Heinzinger]

I may be dating myself but back in the 60's all the new houses we built/sold
had galvanized gutters.
We sold them unpainted as it took a year of weathering, and then a wash with
vinegar solution before they would hold paint.
Of course all the outside paint in those days was oil-based.

Still a few new owners would ignore our advice and then complain to us about
the peeling paint.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob & Traudel Eslaire" <W9UI@SprintMail.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2000 6:33 PM
Subject: RE: [TowerTalk] Tower Paintin'


>
> Yes, that was because the galvanized sheets were covered with a layer of
> oil.  I did the same sort of thing years ago with the siding I used to
> enclose a garage I built (didn't use vinegar, tho).
>
> I am not sure towers have this sort of oil applied to them.  You could
> really feel the oil on the siding.  Not so with any tower section I have
> ever had.
>
> Bob, W9UI.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-towertalk@contesting.com
> [mailto:owner-towertalk@contesting.com]On Behalf Of ValErwin@aol.com
> Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2000 8:07 PM
> To: glennz@execpc.com; towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Tower Paintin'
>
>
>
> Tower Painters:
>
> You can file this under the "for what it's worth department" --
>
> About twenty years ago, I was faced with painting a new galvanized storage
> building. When I posed the problem to a professional painter, he told me
to
> wipe the building down with a 50/50 solution of vinegar/water prior to
> painting.  I followed his instructions and the paint never did peel!
> Soooooo
> --- if your painting a tower, a vinegar/water treatment might be in
order --
>
> Val
> W5PUT
>
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