I remember years ago buying a special primer from Sears for that. You might want to browse the web pages from the major paint manufacturers to see what they recommend now. Let us know what you find. Jerry W4UK At 10:16 AM 3/2/2002 -0600, Mike J Maloney wrote: >Anyone have a proven method for getting paint (water based) to stick well >to galvanized towers? >- - -