[TowerTalk] best way to shine up an old yagi?

[n8de at thepoint.net]

"Metal in it"?????????????

Scotchbrite is POLY PAD with NO METAL IN IT.

73
Don
N8DE


Quoting D Calder <towertalk at n4zkf.com>:

> Scotchbrite came back and bit me some years ago. The "metal in it"   
> got in the pits of elements and actually made the antenna
> look like it rusted a month later. Even though it wasn't the   
> aluminum, it was the metal in the pad. They make brass pads too.
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> I had to take it down, use 400 grit to get it out and then clear   
> coated it and it's been up for some time now. It stops it from   
> deteriorating
> when you live 900 ft. from the ocean when it's covered with   
> something. I have some that have been up 7 to 8 years and that's a   
> good
> bit next to the sea salt.
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> 73 Dave n4zkf
> n4zkf at n4zkf.com
> www.n4zkf.com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com   
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> n8de at thepoint.net
> Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 1:08 PM
> To: Eric Dobrowansky K2WD
> Cc: towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] best way to shine up an old yagi?
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> You can rub it with Scotchbrite pads to remove surface oxidation,   
> especially where parts join, but WHY would you want it to 'shine'
> otherwise?
> It will work fine 'dull'.
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> 73
> Don
> N8DE
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> Quoting Eric Dobrowansky K2WD <k2wd at comcast.net>:
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>> Any recommendations on the best way to shine up a yagi that has been
>>  lying unassembled under weeds and leaves for a number of years?  I
>> just picked up a used M2 20m yagi, and want to "shine it up" a
>> little before installing it. Any recommendations appreciated.
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>> Thanks,
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>> Eric
>> K2CB
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