[TowerTalk] Regalvanizing tower sections

[Marlon Schafer (509-982-2181)]

Check out a paint called POR 15.  Supposed to be able to paint right over
the top of rust.

People out here have been having GREAT luck with it on fertilizer trucks.
They usually have to be painted every year and tend to still rust out in a
few years.  With the POR 15 paint they are getting years (don't know how
many yet as it's a new product or something) out of a paint job.  I think
the longest I've heard of is 3 years and NO sign of the need to repaint.

Marlon
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: <K7LXC at aol.com>
To: <ncoxsr at wt.net>; <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, March 19, 2004 11:09 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Regalvanizing tower sections


> In a message dated 3/19/04 11:00:02 AM Pacific Standard Time,
ncoxsr at wt.net
> writes:
>
> > I have a Rohn HDBX tower that contains sections where the galvanizing
has
> > failed and the metal is rusting. I've considered rust stabilizer
coating, "
> > cold galvanizing", and having the sections regalvanized.
> >  The sections can be regalvanized at a moderate cost in the North Texas
> area
> > for $0.48/lb. However
> >  a representative for the firm providing me the quote warned that
warpage
> of
> > the sections would probably
> >  take place because of the high heat involved in the process. I have
> learned
> > that "cold galvanizing" isn't
> >  galvanizing, just coating with a zinc rich paint. The rust stabilizer
> sounds
> > good but I wonder how it well
> >  it would work on a tower constantly exposed to the weather. Also, the
> > regalvanizing processs includes
> >  removing the old galvanizing and then hot dip galvanizing. The cost is
> $0.16/
> > lb to strip and $0.32/lb to
> >  galvanize. My Rohn HDBX32 has been up for 21 years. Any suggestions?
> >
>     Rohn BX uses zinc plated steel so it's never been hotdipped. I think
> another problem is that the rivets will get melted out during the hotdip
process.
> Anyway, don't get it hotdipped galvanized.
>
>     Get a wire brush and wire wheel for your drill and use LOTS of elbow
> grease to manually get the rust off. Then spray with a *good* cold galv
spray.
> (You'll know it's a good cold galv because it'll cost more than the
typical
> hardware store stuff.  <A
HREF="http://www.championradio.com">www.championradio.com
> </A> has some professional grade stuff.) It'll be good for years
afterwards.
>
>     BTW my first tower was a used BX. By the time I spent HOURS getting
the
> rust off and the $$ to buy enough cold galv spray, I'd have been MUCH
better
> off buying a new one. I'll never try to refurb another one, that's for
sure!
> (It's only slightly less ghastly a job than refurbing a KT34A or XA.
Ugghhh!)
>
> Cheers,
> Steve     K7LXC
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