[TowerTalk] Cold galvanizing paint

[Bryan Swadener]

> Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2012 17:58:18 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Tom WW5L
> Subject: Cold galvanizing paint
> 
> 
> Steve, et. al:
> 
> Has the EPA or someone else banned cold galvanizing spray
> pint?  I've been to a Wal-Mart, a Lowe's, and Home
> Depot, plus a hardware store and no one carries it anymore
> and they look at me kinda funny when I ask about it. 
> One guy in the paint department at Lowe's said he had never
> heard of it.
> 
> I remember seeing it all over the place just a few months
> ago and now that I have a need for it, I can't find it
> anywhere.
> 
> Tom, WW5L


I just recently fabricated a side bracket for my tower
and painted it with Rust-Oleum "Bright Galvanizing
Compound", pn 7584.  The label says the "dried film
contains 93% pure zinc". I bought it at the local
box store.  They had more than one brand of this kind
of paint.

vy 73,
Bryan WA7PRC