[TowerTalk] Rohn 25 Rusting

[Robert Pack]

Here is another alternative.....Zinga.
Go to http://www.telepp.com/ and click on the zinga link on the left.
If you are interested in this stuff you can contact Dana at dana at telepp.com

73,
Bob NX5M

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Gilbert" <xdavid at cis-broadband.com>
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 1:54 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Rohn 25 Rusting


> 
> I agree.  When I wanted to paint my heavily galvanized AN Wireless tower 
> with a dark color for stealth reasons, KK3AN (the owner of the tower 
> company) recommended I simply use a good exterior grade latex paint.  I 
> also did a lot of web searching on the subject of painting galvanized 
> steel and came up with the same recommendation.  Lastly, I had painted 
> the galvanized trim on the roof of my previous house in Scottsdale 
> (admittedly a dry environment) and it lasted 20 years with no flaking.
> 
> 73,
> Dave   AB7E
> 
> 
> Pete Smith wrote:
>> I had quite satisfactory results on my used Rohn 25 tower by 
>> scraping, painting with galvanized primer and then following with a 
>> coat of ordinary latex house paint.  It's been up since 1995 and very 
>> little rust showing.
>>
>> 73, Pete N4ZR
>>
>> At 01:31 PM 4/23/2009, Bruce Alexander wrote:
>>   
>>> Bob,
>>>
>>> Forgot to mention that you must use a primer paint
>>> designed to be use over a galvanized surface.
>>> The galvanized coating naturally sets up an
>>> reaction to most oil based paints called saponification.
>>> The primer you choose must be designed to
>>> be used over galvanized or your new paint job
>>> may peel off in a short period of time.
>>>
>>> Bruce W3ALX
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