[TowerTalk] Tower Paintin'

[Tony]

At 07:33 PM 4/27/00 -0400, you wrote:
>
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>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.

My US Tower crankup (TX455) has a light coat of some kind of lubricant over every place I've touched. I'm sure it's for moving parts. To paint it, you'd definately have to clean it. But then, you'd have to relubricate selected parts.

73,  Tony, AD6ID

>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:
...
>--- if your painting a tower, a vinegar/water treatment might be in order --
>
>Val
>W5PUT
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