At 04:37 PM 4/29/04 +0000, you wrote:
>I acquired an old Super StationMaster a while back that is still in
>my front yard waiting to go onsite.
>I have been wanting to refinish the fiberglass fabric that is getting
>a little thread bare.
>I found a CelWave document advocating the use of a not locally
>available, two part Prolane product that requires spray application.
>The chemicals would cost ~$65.
As expensive as that stuff is I've used a painters mitt over a shoulder
length rubber glove to cut the waste (talk to your vet to get one or
two - and I'm talking horse and cow vet, not a dog and cat vet).
And you want to do it with old (read "disposable afterwards") clothes
on, and on a warm day which means that you want to do it fast
enough to get that damn glove off and let your arm breathe...
Better to have a helper or two to help you manhandle the antennas,
and a homebrew cradle to support them from the ends only.
No doubt that there are a few others around that need antennas
coated - get enough paint to do all of them, split the cost between
you guys and then they can be the helpers...
>I am wondering what others have done to refinish their noodles.
>I've got several that I would probably do all at the same time.
I've bit the bullet and ordered the Polane through the local paint
store. If you were local I'd suggest that we do my four 22' and
three 10' antennas and all of yours some weekend.
If you chose to go with a different product You want a coating
that is compatible with the fiberglass and does not have a metallic
pigment (local urban legend comes to mind - a ham, never identified,
uses white fiberglass boat paint on his antenna, then wonders where
the signal went... finds out the white pigment is metallic... realizes
that he just put a shielding coating on the radiating element)
>To guarantee response I'll throw in Spectrum Communications, Radio
>Shack & MFJ. ;-)
trolling for a flame war?
>Thanks in advance.
>Budd Turner : N7EOJ
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] will get directly too me.
Mike WA6ILQ
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