[TowerTalk] Refurbishing Tower Sections

Geoff geoffrey at jeremy.mv.com
Mon Sep 15 23:12:42 EDT 2003


I dont know if black will be all that invisible.

However Ive found the absolute best rust stopping paint is Zero Rust. It is
used industrially as well as the Navy and is quite popular with antique car
people.

Go to www.zerorust.com for full details. Then Email them for a list of
dealers in your area.

Geoff
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doug Rehman" <rehman at surveil.com>
To: "'(Reflector) TowerTalk'" <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 8:57 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Refurbishing Tower Sections


> I have some AB-105 with some surface rust. I plan on putting part of it up
> for a 40'-50' tower beside my house. In order to make it less noticeable I
> plan to paint it black. (I have a black mast up next to the house now and
it
> is almost invisible.) I realize that the absolute best way to do this
would
> be to sand blast and hot dip galvanize the parts, but my guess is that
this
> would not be very economical. My question is which would be the best
> economical way to accomplish this:
>
> 1) wire brush the parts and paint with black Rustoleum (or whatever paint
is
> recommended)
>
> 2) wire brush the parts, cold galvanize the parts with ZRC (or whatever is
> recommended), then paint with black Rustoleum if needed (it looks like
> standard ZRC results in a "Flat Finish, Battleship Gray", so the black
paint
> may not be needed)
>
> 3) paint the parts with Ospho (or similar rust converting/inhibiting
> "paint") and then paint with black Rustoleum
>
> The ZRC is about $125 a gallon. The Ospho is $100/4 gallons.
>
> I'm not sure #1 would be very long lasting and I don't really want to
> periodically repaint the tower once it is up.
>
> I'm leaning towards #2 because I think wire brushing and a single coating
of
> ZRC will be faster than 1 to 2 coats of Ospho followed by a single coating
> of Rustoleum. From a conductivity standpoint, I think #2 would be the best
> also.
>
> Any thoughts from the pool of wisdom?
>
> Doug
> K4DDR
>
>
>
>
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