[TowerTalk] Anchor bolt rust protection?

[Rex Lint]

Let's assume the worst happens: the bolt rusts off. What happens next, the
tower flys off into the sky?

de K1HI

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[mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of Michael Neverdosky
Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 7:49 PM
To: k0myw at att.net
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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Anchor bolt rust protection?


k0myw at att.net wrote:

> If the latter be the case, what remedies are recommended to protect the
bolt
> ends from such rust?
>

I would wire brush or sandblast the bolts and then spray them with
cold galvanizing compound. The stuff that is like spray paint but
is mostly zinc.

michael N6CHV
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