[TowerTalk] Protecting fibreglass spreaders

[Daryll Webb]

Howdy Martin
Latex paint, No mettle flake, it will flex without cracks.Made for outside. Like 
John said let it get furry.
Daryll kg9nd




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From: John Tait <johnei7ba at eircom.net>
To: Martin Sole <hs0zed at gmail.com>
Cc: "TOWERTALK at contesting. com" <TOWERTALK at contesting.com>
Sent: Mon, December 6, 2010 9:44:22 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Protecting fibreglass spreaders

Hi Martin.. I paint mine with resin. You can add colouring to the resin. 
Sky blue, or light grey seems to merge into the background fairly well. 
I'd wait until the spreaders get a little "furry" with age before 
painting them. A slightly rough surface gives a nice key for the resin.
         Vy 73
           John EI7BA



On 06/12/2010 00:50, Martin Sole wrote:
> Hi,
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> I need to coat the spreader arms of my quad. Options for coverings are
> limited to what I can source here in Thailand. I can buy polyurethane finish
> but even the exterior grade ones I have seen are marked for wood and I'm not
> sure if direct application to fibreglass would be appropriate. I am not
> averse to coloured spreaders so would paint them if that would be a better
> alternative. Should I then choose enamel, acrylic or some other type of
> paint?
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> Particular brand or trade names are not much help as they are either not
> available here or have different names! What about a coating of fibreglass
> resin?
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> Would a better option be to wrap the spreaders in pvc tape or heatshrink
> tubing?
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> Ideas?
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> Thanks,
>
> Martin, HS0ZED
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