[TowerTalk] Painting a tower

[Larry]

Lowes, HomeDepot, and probably many other places sell a hook that you can 
hang your paint can on a ladder rung for not much money which would probably 
have helped you out. One end clips to the paint can handle and the other is 
a wider hook to go over the ladder rung. The one I have is maybe 6 inches 
long.

73, Larry  W6NWS

-----Original Message----- 
From: Wayne Kline
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2014 1:29 PM
To: Ed K0KL ; towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Painting a tower

I       2nd the painting mitt  option...   I buy them on fleaBay    A gallon 
can for me was clumsy.
I make my own out of the  3lb plastic wide mouth coffee jugs.   I made a 
wide 1" wide  X 1/8" thick   J hook.
I duck tape to the plastic  jug.....     and hang it from the cross braces 
as I DECEND as I paint....
Also most unpainted Galvanized will wear away the glove... so take a few 
spare one's up with you.
Also help to have a ground hand to refill you paint  container....

Wayne  W3EA

Ps went to the coffee thing when I dropped a  full Gallon $130 to the 
ground..... the base still three years later has a silver/gray BLOB

> Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 11:52:00 -0500
> From: edk0kl at centurytel.net
> To: towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Painting a tower
>
> By the way ...
>
> Easy way to paint is with a sheepskin covered mitt. Just dig in the
> bucket and
> wipe away ...
>
> No one will judge the job for neatness (like paint on guys, etc) just
> don't do home,
> autos, people and pets!
>
> Holidays (missed area) will stand out a lot worse than drips on guys.
>
> Enjoy!
>
> 73
>
> ed K0KL
>
> On 10/27/2014 10:54 AM, Matthew King - KK4CPS wrote:
> > All the commercial tower I worked around just had paint slathered on it 
> > all
> > - feedlines, guy brackets, clamps, everything.
> >
> > Not saying it's right, per se, but that seems to be the standard.
> >
> > I can't see how painting the feedline would hurt it. It should protect 
> > it
> > from UV, actually!
> >
> > Matt
> > KK4CPS
> >
> > On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 11:40 AM, mike stokes <mike9v at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi
> >>
> >> I need to paint my 95' Rohn 25 tower this spring.  How do folks go 
> >> about
> >> painting around things that are on the tower such as feedlines, guy
> >> brackets, etc ?  Since the feedlines are attached to one leg, I could
> >> probable paint it all except that leg, after everything has dried then 
> >> move
> >> the feedline to a leg that has already been painted and then paint the 
> >> last
> >> leg.  Guy brackets may be a bit more difficult.
> >>
> >> i appreciate any thoughts.
> >>
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