Here is another alternative.....Zinga.
Go to http://www.telepp.com/ and click on the zinga link on the left.
If you are interested in this stuff you can contact Dana at dana@telepp.com
73,
Bob NX5M
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Gilbert" <xdavid@cis-broadband.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 1:54 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Rohn 25 Rusting
>
> I agree. When I wanted to paint my heavily galvanized AN Wireless tower
> with a dark color for stealth reasons, KK3AN (the owner of the tower
> company) recommended I simply use a good exterior grade latex paint. I
> also did a lot of web searching on the subject of painting galvanized
> steel and came up with the same recommendation. Lastly, I had painted
> the galvanized trim on the roof of my previous house in Scottsdale
> (admittedly a dry environment) and it lasted 20 years with no flaking.
>
> 73,
> Dave AB7E
>
>
> Pete Smith wrote:
>> I had quite satisfactory results on my used Rohn 25 tower by
>> scraping, painting with galvanized primer and then following with a
>> coat of ordinary latex house paint. It's been up since 1995 and very
>> little rust showing.
>>
>> 73, Pete N4ZR
>>
>> At 01:31 PM 4/23/2009, Bruce Alexander wrote:
>>
>>> Bob,
>>>
>>> Forgot to mention that you must use a primer paint
>>> designed to be use over a galvanized surface.
>>> The galvanized coating naturally sets up an
>>> reaction to most oil based paints called saponification.
>>> The primer you choose must be designed to
>>> be used over galvanized or your new paint job
>>> may peel off in a short period of time.
>>>
>>> Bruce W3ALX
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