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1. [TowerTalk] Steel mast paint preparation (score: 1)
Author: Steve Walter <stevewalter90@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2023 15:09:23 -0400
I have a new 1026 DOM tube that is not galvanized. The local galvanizer cant handle a 20' 2" tube so Im going to paint it. The tube is clean but it's painted black with white spec lettering on it. Im
/archives//html/Towertalk/2023-04/msg00043.html (7,524 bytes)

2. Re: [TowerTalk] Steel mast paint preparation (score: 1)
Author: Gary K9GS <k9gs@gjschwartz.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2023 15:15:38 -0400
Hi Steve, I would talk to the RustOleum support people. I have contacted them in the past and they are very good with recommending the right products and how to best apply them. 73, Gary K9GS I have
/archives//html/Towertalk/2023-04/msg00044.html (8,018 bytes)

3. Re: [TowerTalk] Steel mast paint preparation (score: 1)
Author: "Joseph B. Fitzgerald" <jfitzgerald@alum.wpi.edu>
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2023 20:41:05 +0000
A wire wheel attachment on an angle grinder followed by a wipe down with an acetone soaked rag is my standard surface prep routine for steel. I was just looking at a handrail made from black steel pi
/archives//html/Towertalk/2023-04/msg00046.html (7,922 bytes)

4. Re: [TowerTalk] Steel mast paint preparation (score: 1)
Author: Gene Smar via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2023 22:26:57 +0000 (UTC)
TT:      I got this tip from this list back in the early 2000s.  I painted the inside of my tower's CM mast by running a rustoleum-soaked rag through the inside several times on a length of rope.  I'
/archives//html/Towertalk/2023-04/msg00047.html (9,361 bytes)

5. Re: [TowerTalk] Steel mast paint preparation (score: 1)
Author: <john@kk9a.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2023 10:58:00 -0400
Is the tubing painted black or is it pickled and oiled? A mast can get pretty scrapped up when installing it and painting the inside can be challenging. You could look for another galvanizer, all of
/archives//html/Towertalk/2023-04/msg00048.html (7,671 bytes)

6. Re: [TowerTalk] Steel mast paint preparation (score: 1)
Author: w5wz@w5wz.com
Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2023 11:26:29 -0500
Steve, I have used a Sherwin Williams Industrial Alkyld Primer and Industrial Alkyld Paint in battleship grey on my non-galvanized masts. Two coats of primer, two coats of paint. A sponge ball on a s
/archives//html/Towertalk/2023-04/msg00050.html (8,380 bytes)


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