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Best way to paint a flag pole?
asop
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It's 22' high and my longest step ladder is 12' high. Don't really want to scaffold it. Thought about attaching a piece of 1" strap steel at the top of an extension ladder with maybe putting a 2"-3" detent in it to keep the ladder from sliding on the pole?? Any suggestions? Thanks
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Hit your neighborhood Surveying Supply store & get a Mound brand (oval-ish) 25' Level Rod. It's got a threaded hole in the top that you can adapt the handle of a paint roller to.
They're also handy for running levels in fairly steep terrain.
Too pricey? Get a 6-piece set of range poles; 4' threaded both ends, add the end of a push broom to screw the roller onto, & you got it.
IF you you get up that high on a ladder
resting against the pole, you won't be able
to do much because you'll be so close to the
pole that you'll be kissing it. Also, if you don't
keep your weight perfectly centered, the ladder will twist
and slip sideways off the pole, then asop comes tumbling down.
Steeplejacks used to do this work from a bo'sun's chair,
but in the age of affordable scissor and snorkel lifts,
there's no good reason to risk life and limb for a coat of paint.
Now put a 3" paint roller on the telescoping pole and paint away. Wear glasses and a hat 'cause it's going to splatter.
You can do this,,,,,,,,,if you've got big 'fuzzy filberts' ,,,,,,,,,[:D][}:)]
Just watching the video makes the fuzzy on my filberts stand up and tingle and my filberts shrivel up and dangle. Fear is nature's way of telling me "DON'T CLIMB THAT POLE!" [:D]
On the bright side, when you fall it will be over so quick you probably won't feel the pain.
quote:Originally posted by bpost
Cut it down leaving a three foot stub and sleeve it after you are done with the sanding and painting. You can use an inner sleeve or an out one. They both work fine as long as you go about a foot past the cut off point. Drill and tap or use weld nuts to hold the pole stady and compensate for it being plumb.
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Hire a can
Folks that climb them using a steeplejack rope rig have their weight durn near vertical, but a ladder leaned against it, force is horizontal.
bad ju-ju.
Rent a manlift.
Yep, Home Depot has a tow behind one they rent.
Cut it down leaving a three foot stub and sleeve it after you are done with the sanding and painting. You can use an inner sleeve or an out one. They both work fine as long as you go about a foot past the cut off point. Drill and tap or use weld nuts to hold the pole stady and compensate for it being plumb.
This is the answer. Cut it, lay it down on sawhorses, prep and paint, sleeve and bolt it inside leaving a foot or two out the bottom and reinstall.
Next time it needs painting just lift out, paint and reinstall.
You just gotta stand up and salute Old Glory.[;)]
Lay it down. [^]
+1
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