[TowerTalk] Painting fiberglass antennas

[K7LXC at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/12/03 6:35:37 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
CGooden at insightbb.com writes:

> I purchase a used Diamond 2 m / 70 cm base station antenna.  I 
>  notices some of the paint was coming off with in one foot of the tip 
>  of the antenna.  Before I put this antenna up I was wondering if 
>  anyone could tell me if there is any special paint that I should use 
>  to spray the antenna with.  Or will local hardware supply Krylon do 
>  the trick?

    Does the manufacturer say anything about it? Probably not. 

    This is purely an aesthetics issue. Since it's going to be X number of 
feet up in the air, then it's not much of a 'looks' problem. You may be 
introducing a minor problem by using paint which probably has metal particles 
in suspension. Is it a big problem? Probably not. 

    Is it okay to paint it? Sure. Is it okay not to paint it? Sure. Doesn't 
make much difference either way.

Cheers,
Steve     K7LXC
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