Tower paint...Re: [BC] WMCA/WNYC Tower Work

[Mike McCarthy]

I've been getting 10 years from a paint from Wasser  by the name of 
MC-Luster.  It's a moisture-cure urethane semi-gloss which has the 
brightest/highest solids count I have seen in a paint. On the ground in the 
can, it's blinding...

The white is still as brilliant as the day we painted 11 years ago and the 
red is more pink now than red. But the contrast is still quite vivid. The 
red is at the faded end of the chip chart and will need painting 
soon.  Still...10 years...when Sherwin-Williams and Anchor only give 
5...  We rust converted the tower before we painted and the last inspection 
up the tower revealed no outward signs of any rust bleed.  This is great 
paint....and it better be at >$80/gal.

Likewise, if there is a better paint that gives me more than 10 years and 
is reasonable to apply by mitt or spray applicator, lets see...  It's been 
10 years since I did my last round of research.

MM

At 09:12 AM 8/14/2006 -0400, Mark Humphrey wrote
>On 8/13/06, Scott Fybush <scott at fybush.com> wrote:
>>
>>At least on Saturday, the northernmost of the three towers was entirely
>>white - presumably a new primer coat before the orange-and-white goes up
>>there.
>
>Did you happen to see what type of paint they're using -- was it a
>two-part "epoxy" or something more conventional?  I'm always
>interested in what works best for towers in severe environments.
>
>Mark
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