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10-28-2012, 9:20 PM
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Painting a whip antenna
I am working on blacking out some things on my SUV and was thinking about blacking out my Ball mount, spring, and whip antenna! Does anyone have any ideas on what I could do? i thought about spray painting it. But would that work on the stainless steal? also would that affect the signal any?
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10-28-2012, 11:15 PM
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"Plasti-dip" or black shrink tubing.
http://www.plastidip.com/
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10-29-2012, 4:40 AM
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I've used plastidip on a few things. It'll work fine on the ball but I wouldn't recommend it for the whip or spring because the smooth steel surface and constant flexing will cause it to peel off pretty quickly. Heat shrink is a good option for the whip. You can get 4' and 8' lengths from many sites. And just spray paint the spring.
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10-29-2012, 4:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Fury853
I am working on blacking out some things on my SUV and was thinking about blacking out my Ball mount, spring, and whip antenna! Does anyone have any ideas on what I could do? i thought about spray painting it. But would that work on the stainless steal? also would that affect the signal any?
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Flat black rustoleum works well for this. 
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n9zas
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10-29-2012, 10:00 AM
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The only suggestion I'd make is to not paint insulators.
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10-29-2012, 8:55 PM
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Some good suggestions! Does anyone have any pictures of your painted antennas?
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10-29-2012, 9:56 PM
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Well mine for one already came black and is a scanner antenna so not quite the same as what I think you have.
The Plasti-dip site has rubber products as well that will work on the steel.
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10-30-2012, 8:04 AM
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If you dip or heat shrink it recheck the tuning when done.
If you want to paint it use this first: Dupli-Color :: Self-Etching Primer
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12-30-2012, 11:42 PM
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I once used electrical tape on a 9 foot whip, then just sprayed it with flat black paint. Worked well with no issues.
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