Concrete handicap pole bases???

Asphaltman wrote on Apr 30, 2005:Go to #20

I do think you have a good idea...

Either that, or he is dangerously close to needing serious professional psychiatric help

I have. Didn't help

I think the SW Chlorinated is a hybrid coating. It is part Chlorinated and part traditional solvent blend. It sprays with less pressure than some of the "traditional" chlorinated paints. I cannot speak for why SW decided on this formulation but I am sure there are some performance and sprayability benefits.

I don't have time to strain or thin paint. IMHO it should be ready when I buy it. I'm set-up and striping a nice 4" line but start to run out of paint. No prob! Plenty more in the truck but by another supplier. Pull another bucket out, punch a hole in the top, purge the air and start striping again. A few seconds later the nice pretty 4" stripe goes down to 1" row of glop. Can't raise the gun enough for a 4" line. Wouldn't make any difference because it won't atomize....just a few "fingers" of paint. Begin adding solvent till it gets thin enough to atomize.... 10-15minutes wasted. Lets see....$200 per hour....15min...hmmmm Just wondering if any others were having the same problem.

I know the brand you are talking about Ken. To get it to spray right, I had to thin it. It's not that it was too thick, it didn't seem any thicker than usual paint, but there was just something about it that kept it from atomizing. It's like it was stringy or something.

Yeah, They still haven't settled with me on the ~75 miles of light pink firelane. They went from the best to the worst in about a week. I've already spent the money to file. I'm giving them one more week.

IMO, SW has the worst red, they should just call it "pink curb paint" As far as their CR, I have heard so many stories that they don't even make it, and that is is private labled, I don't know what to believe, all I know is that they can get it in stock, from there nobody knows much about it even the regional reps, but they will tell you everything you need to know about waterbased, just not CR...

MY self I prefer Kerosene for clean up and to store the machine while on vacation or the off season. You can use the kerosene to start the brush fires when the trees drop branches out in the country.

I think SW has reformulated the red, as we have had good success with recent jobs....of course you might have a different sun shining down where you are

The SW red alkyd works well now since reformulation.

Hello everyone. I am hoping someone can provide me with a link. A property management customer of mine is interested in concrete based handicap pole holeders. I have some poles that were placed directly into the ground at a location owned by his company. Unfortunatly, the poles were ran over and destroyed. The manager said that he has seen concrete "bollards" that are in a cone shape. He stated, Their purpose is to keep them stable, yet movable. Does anyone have any inforamtion or a link to these sorts of bollards? If so, could you please provide me a link? Thanks.

Check out http://www.barcoproducts.com/store/item.asp?ITEM_ID=257&a… I have never used these, but I thinks it sounds like what you are looking for.

If you have any carpentry skills, you can make a couple of forms and accomplish the same objective. Use 3/4 plywood, screw the forms together, fill with concrete and insert either a stub post or a full length post and support it so it is level. Be sure make your concrete fairly high slump and agitate it so it will have a smooth finish with no voids. Wait 36 hours and unscrew the forms....Tip: make them onsite if at all possible, then handtruck them into position.

You might want to check with your local concrete casting company to see if you can buy them local. If not I would do as BTS suggested and make your own. The shipping on a concrete block will dig deep into your profit. I know you can pass this on but at some point it gets a bit ridicules.

Try www.bigfootsystems.com . They make a plastic base for the cardboard concrete tubes that are ideal for making sign post bases out of. No carpentry skills required. They are even more economical if you can have them filled with leftover concrete at the end of the day at the concrete plant.