Friday, October 21, 2011

Eiffel Tower

Eiffel Tower Paris, France since 1889 has been completed, has become a symbol of France. This building up to 320 meters by 12 000 metal parts connected, sharing over 9000 tons of steel. French feminine and delicate character, they do not put this monster called “hero” or “real man” and the like, but close to it as “Iron Lady.”

Iron Maiden proudly stands, graceful, wind and rain have been standing a hundred years. Since it is a “lady”, then it will have shower bath, dressing. But the lady in Paris 118 years, was washed a total of 18 times. A minimum of two years, the longest time it washed once a bath for several decades. The poor record, not only will “Snake” sad, even more will cause the “man who” tears.

So, the “Iron Lady” is how a bath of it? As the complexity of building the Eiffel Tower, so it has to be used for artificial paint. The paint itself is made ??with special materials, its life longer than other paints. As a large tower structure, the number can not be too artificial, usually around 25, the workers first sanding steel, the aging of the paint scraped off, and brush on the primer.

Subsequently, the workers put 55 tons a good tune a little bit of paint applied to the tower up, this is an important part of protecting the Eiffel Tower. Workers should paint coating to all parts of the tower: the sunny side, toward the negative side, the windward side of the top … … is the most difficult corners at the top of the tower, one can only bent body, or the tilt of the body work. Although all with safety rope, there is not much danger, but by the workers as saying: “paint this beautiful tower is indeed a hard work.”

Tower in the paint when the tower business as usual. There are a large number of daily visitors from, and sometimes paint drip in the tourists who will have staff to help clear. In the absence of this paint is easy to remove when dry, but dries as solid as a rock.

“Iron Lady” key to take a bath, is used to paint the Eiffel Tower. This paint color is very unique, the composition of three different shades of brown, dark brown bottom, top is light brown, it has a special name called the “Eiffel Tower brown.” General, people in the tour when the only tall tower amazed by the magnificent courage, for her the admiration of creative talent, Tower hand, few people concerned about the color. In fact, “Iron Lady” of the United States, except for her graceful posture, she is their combination of color and light, it makes even more radiant tower, food for thought.

Mr. Eiffel Tower’s designers had the original delivery of drawings, said: “Only the right paint, in order to protect the life of this metal building.” This sentence is for the maintenance of the Iron Lady is applicable, it is also more suitable for maintain emotional people today: meticulous care, from start to finish, this is the world largest beauty lies in.

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