[TowerTalk] Restoring Beam Antennas

[Jim Lux]

At 05:50 AM 11/9/2006, Jack - K4WSB wrote:
>I had a ham fried who was the radio office on a sulphur ship.  Over
>the years he tried everything to attempt to protect his
>antennas.  Needless to say, between the salt & sulphur fumes nothing worked.
>On one occasion he sprayed Krylon and found that once the paint
>cracked it allowed moisture to creep under the paint and caused more 
>corrosion.
>
>This was more than a few years back so my question is:  are the
>current acrylics more flexible and less prone to cracking?  Once it
>does crack will it not cause for more problems?


You probably want something more like Dolph AC-43 (used for 
insulating motor windings, etc.).  It's more flexible and designed to 
take thermal and mechanical stresses.  There are a variety of grades 
and similar products that have different viscosities, etc.