Dave- why not use (it's NOT PAINT, per se), Fiberglass repair material
available at most building suppiy companies, and also body restoreing
kits for cars and boats? Have used this stuff to repair badly weather
checked Green Hornet antennas, and the big advantage is that they also
have color dyes available to "match" the original surfaces color ! This
stuff also has the advantage that it is an epoxy base- not something
that will fade, or flake off in a year or two! It also adds tensile
strength if you are in a bad wx location. Biggest disadvantage is-
once its on, its on (and that includes your clothes, skin, ect! Be
careful applying it, and let it dry totally before trying to
move/install it! as info, Jim NN7K


wb0gaz wrote:
Preparing to install a Diamond VHF/UHF base vertical X6000A, and
planning to paint it beforehand to a less visible color (here, dark
green will be better than white).

Is there any issue with this (affecting RF performance)? Does the outer
(fiberglass? plastic?) white jacket have any dielectric characteristic
necessary for antenna operation that would be affected by paint? Any
type of paint to avoid (I was planning Rust-Oleum textured dark green.)
Tks,

73 Dave WB0GAZ