Salt resistant paint is industrial, and it’s expensive. Depending on the product, it can also be a two part system and need special preparation. And by expensive, I mean it can cost over a hundred dollars per gallon, if you aren’t getting a deal on it. That’s a big investment for a smaller town.
Comment on Why bag the hydrant?
treadful@lemmy.zip 7 months agoIsn’t that what paint’s for? Seems like a lot of unnecessary plastic trash.
TheUncannyObserver@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 7 months ago
That seems like chump change for something that probably already costs over $1000, won’t take a gallon of paint, and is meant to last for decades.
Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
I imagine a fire hydrant is pretty expensive as well. Can’t imagine covering it in salt resistant paint would be that much of a price increase and even if it is I don’t imagine it would be cost prohibitive if it means a 20 year replacement cycle vs. a 10 year cycle.
If anything this may be protecting them from dog piss.
XeroxCool@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Paint gets scratches, especially where things turn and rub against each other. You don’t want the turning bits becoming seized and finding out at the worst time
JungleJim@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Maybe they reuse the bags. Bag up 5th Street, salt it, collect the bags and prep 6th.
MNByChoice@midwest.social 7 months ago
Apparently, the same gets in and corrosion starts. The second article mentions a city that stopped doing it.
plz1@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Cheaper to do bags than re-paint off-schedule. Usually cities have a schedule for maintenance, and the bag, in this case, is preventative for rust without being off-schedule for painting.