Rust Bullet is a Moisture Cured Urithaine and works well, I use to be the US
Distributor for it till I decided to switch products after a year. Political
issues. It's the same base product as POR-15 and both will work fine., I
have painted several towers with both products.
Dave
N5ITO
> -----Original Message-----
> From: W3YY [mailto:w3yy@cox.net]
> Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2006 7:08 PM
> To: N2TK, Tony; Towertalk (E-mail)
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Painting Rohn 45
>
> Tony -
>
> I applied Rust Bullet here a couple of years ago to my 120ft
> Rohn 45G tower.
> So far it seems to be doing the job and it looks like a good
> product. If
> you do the job on the tower, purchase some of those full
> coverage painting
> coveralls sold at Home Depot. It's almost impossible to do
> the job on the
> tower without getting some or lots on yourself and climbing
> belt (if you
> have a good used climbing belt, this is a great time to use it).
>
> I've found it best to use a paint glove or sponge to apply
> it. Much quicker
> than a brush, but you do tend to get it all over yourself.
> The need to
> apply a second coat in 24-48hr (can't remember exactly the
> window) is a
> pain, but it's to cover any pinholes that might appear after
> the first coat.
>
> 73, Bob - W3YY
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "N2TK, Tony" <tony.kaz@verizon.net>
> To: "Towertalk (E-mail)" <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2006 11:54 AM
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Painting Rohn 45
>
>
> >I have a Rohn 45 tower that is about 25 years old. It is
> starting to show
> > some rust coloring. It is not flaking or scaling, just a
> rust color on
> > some
> > of the tower. I'm looking at what is available for
> "renewing" the tower. I
> > really don't want to take down the tower and have it
> re-galvanized at this
> > point, although that would most likely be the best thing to
> do. Since
> > there
> > is no scaling and the rust coloration is on about 20% of the tower,
> > figured
> > some kind of "paint" would be okay. The questions is which "paint"?
> > Looking for input on this.
> > What I have looked at so far is Rust Bullet, POR-15, Brite Zinc,
> > Rust-oleum,
> > Wasser and CRC.
> > Rust Bullet seems to make some pretty strong claims about
> not having to
> > sand
> > off the rust before applying two coats of their product.
> > Any input of Rust Bullet and any of these and any other
> products that are
> > recommended?
> > I'll be tilting over the tower in August to change
> antennas. Thought it
> > would be a good time to strip the tower and paint it.
> > Tnx for any feedback.
> > N2TK, Tony
> >
> >
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