[UK-CONTEST] Paint a Tower.

[fredch at homeshack.freeserve.co.uk]

Hi

Galvafroid is used by professionals in antenna and tower erections to
"touch up" parts which may have been modified on site so is probably the
right thing to use.  Not that on site mods are supposed to happen!

73 Fred
G4BWP


Original Message:
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From: col col at v21mail.co.uk
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2007 21:39:18 -0000
To: stephen.lawrence at btinternet.com, uk-contest at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Paint a Tower.


Hi Stephen

galvanising is probably the best bet but is expensive due to the cost of 
zinc going through the roof at the moment.

I used to work applying specialist marine coatings and there is a product 
which is called "zinc rich" or galvafroid basically an epoxy paint with a 
95% zinc content. Its really cold galvanising.

http://www.decoratingdirect.co.uk/viewprod/t/TORGALFRD/

 apply with a paint mitt.
http://www.decoratingdirect.co.uk/Tools/Painters_Mitts/

 I would reckon  it would take about a 1-2 litres to paint tower sections.

73 Colin GM0RLZ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "STEPHEN LAWRENCE" <stephen.lawrence at btinternet.com>
To: <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2007 12:34 PM
Subject: [UK-CONTEST] Paint a Tower.


> Hi All.
>
> Has anyone any experience of painting versatowers.  I have two sections 
> that the galvanising has seen better days.  Its 70p a kilo to have 
> re-galvanised by a local supplier which rather makes it expensive.
>
> I was thinking of getting some Hammerite and a few barrels of beer in! 
> Wonder if anyone else has been in this postion and what the end result 
> was.
>
> 73
>
> Steve
> G4EOF
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