[UK-CONTEST] Paint a Tower.

[Peter Hobbs]

Hi,

I'd support Clive's definitive recommendation re traditional galvanising 
here.  Galvafroid is zinc based, but the adhesion is no better than standard 
paint and is not really suitable for "working" parts.  Fine in a static 
situation of course.

Backup suggestion if short term finance is really a problem (but see Clive's 
warning!):

Not quite a tower of course, but my galvanised garage doors have survived 15 
years of banging and scraping with Hammerite, applied over their special 
primer for galvanised metal (use No 1 Primer for rusty areas).  This 
combination adheres much better than galvafroid, which peeled off fairly 
quickly when I tried it on boat anchors and winches.

73, Peter G3LET


> 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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