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 11 months agoIsn’t that what paint’s for? Seems like a lot of unnecessary plastic trash.
TheUncannyObserver@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 11 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 11 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 11 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 11 months ago
Maybe they reuse the bags. Bag up 5th Street, salt it, collect the bags and prep 6th.
MNByChoice@midwest.social 11 months ago
Apparently, the same gets in and corrosion starts. The second article mentions a city that stopped doing it.
plz1@lemmy.world 11 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.