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Re: [TowerTalk] how much rust is too much?

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] how much rust is too much?
From: Tom Osborne <w7why@frontier.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 10:20:41 -0700
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Hi Steve

The stuff is called .Ospho.'

I worked on the river here for Weyerheauser for 32 years and we used to use this stuff for removing rust. After the rust is gone, it coats it with a covering you can paint. Really good stuff. 73
Tom W7WHY




On 10/14/2014 8:37 AM, K7LXC--- via TowerTalk wrote:

There's a compound available from hardware stores that you cover the rust with and that'll encapsulate the rust. I'd follow your plan for removing the rust.

After it's off, then you can coat it with something. W3LPL recommends painting everything that comes in contact with soil with a home repair type tar; e.g. roofing tar. That'll take care of it for the foreseeable future. If you're concerned about the bottom of the tower leg strength, just reinforce them with angle iron or aluminum and hose clamps or similar splinting arrangement. This might be more psychological but like belt-and-suspenders - it couldn't hurt. Cheers & GL, Steve K7LXC TOWER TECH
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