[TowerTalk] painting DOM

[n9lah at comcast.net]

Sorry Mike for the dupe. i meant to replay to all. 



I have a new 1026 DOM 2" OD .25 wall mast in the garage ready to go up this spring (more likely summer). My neighbor has a body shop and sprayed it with POR 15 and used their 1 part topcoat in silver. It seems to be pretty stout, but as I said it is still in the garage. I will try to remember to report back after it has been out in the weather. If I remember correctly, the POR 15 coating is not UV resistant and has to have a top coat applied over it. 



Phil 

N9LAH 




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Robinson" <markrob at mindspring.com> 
To: "Roger (K8RI)" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk at tm.net>, TOWERTALK at contesting.com 
Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2010 11:37:43 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central 
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] painting DOM 

Take a look at POR paint. It sets up really hard. 

http://www.por15.com/ 


Zinc Chromate paint..not sure how hard it is but it loves to stick to 
galvanized steel and aluminum. 



If it was me I would try the POR paint and smother it with grease. 


Mark N1UK 


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roger (K8RI)" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk at tm.net> 
To: <TOWERTALK at contesting.com> 
Sent: Thursday, 27 May, 2010 2:46 AM 
Subject: [TowerTalk] painting DOM 


>I have three sections of 2" OD DOM to paint. Two sections will be 
> spliced in the 45G and run through two sleeve bearings above the rotator 
> which will support all the weight.  The paint needs to be really durable 
> because of the sleeve bearings, boom to mast clamps, and raising fixtures. 
> 
> Epoxy paint does not stand up well and the spray on stuff is very fragile. 
> 
> Rustoleum?  I don't know how mechanically durable it'd be. The sleeve 
> bearings will be greased and have rubber gaskets protecting them, but it 
> doesn't take much pressure to flake paint off steel.   Also it's amazing 
> how much space you have to leave between the OD of the inner sleeve and 
> the ID  of the outer sleeve. Just a 1/16" of paint requires an 1/8" 
> difference between the two. 
> 
> Any suggestions for a good strong, long lasting, durable paint.  I do 
> have a spray gun. 
> 
> 73 
> 
> Roger (K8RI) 
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