Mouldy Wagons
- Sylvian Tennant
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Mouldy Wagons
Hi all long time no see. Lots of things have happened. Will explain in my other thread.
But I digress I've wanted to ask if anyone has had problems with mould on their wagons before and if do, how you tackled it.
This was stored for over a year in the room I was living in for a year and when I was moving out found it was pitted.
It seems as if it is superficial atm and the wagon (save the roof but that will be replaced anyway when I come round to rebuilding it) was given a good coat of outdoor varnish.
But I digress I've wanted to ask if anyone has had problems with mould on their wagons before and if do, how you tackled it.
This was stored for over a year in the room I was living in for a year and when I was moving out found it was pitted.
It seems as if it is superficial atm and the wagon (save the roof but that will be replaced anyway when I come round to rebuilding it) was given a good coat of outdoor varnish.
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Re: Mouldy Wagons
My first thought would be to give it a gentle scrub with an old toothbrsuh using a fungididal wash, let it dry and see what that gives you. Then possiby just put it down to 'weathering'.
Philip
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Bowl of hot water, washing up liquid, plastic brush ... as used on my wagons at the start of every running season after their winter storage.
- IrishPeter
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Re: Mouldy Wagons
Wagons generally get the white vinegar and a toothbrush treatment, then dried off with a rag. I am a bit gentler with carriages, they get warm soapy water with vinegar added, and gentle use of the old toothbrush. Mould, of one description or another, is a major problem in Virginia where the summer climate is warm and humid. The fun part is watch my wife freak out over the stuff, as she is a Westerner she is not familiar with the South's mould problem.
Peter in Va
Peter in Va
Traffic Pattern? What pattern? Spuds out; grain in, but cattle, sheep and passengers are a lot less predictable.
- tom_tom_go
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I quite like the way the wagon looks to be honest!
It's fine, I will get my coat...
It's fine, I will get my coat...
- IrishPeter
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Re: Mouldy Wagons
Actually, if wagons get a bit manky I tend to leave them. If they are a lot manky, then I give them a swipe. In any case, I have never seen a clean wagon on a railway except when it has just come out of the shops.
Peter in Va
Peter in Va
Traffic Pattern? What pattern? Spuds out; grain in, but cattle, sheep and passengers are a lot less predictable.
- Sylvian Tennant
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Re: Mouldy Wagons
lol cheers chaps, tbh if it wasn't mould I may have kept it but with a littl one on the way I don't want to take any risks with it.
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I would have feare for my health!
If You store this waggon in a dry atmosphere it will disappeare from alone.
For me it looks like a mold created by an extraordinary high humidity.
Can be caused by to less fresh air and, or to less hooting the room.
Frederic
If You store this waggon in a dry atmosphere it will disappeare from alone.
For me it looks like a mold created by an extraordinary high humidity.
Can be caused by to less fresh air and, or to less hooting the room.
Frederic
Re: Mouldy Wagons
I think a little bit of laundry bleach and an old toothbrush will sort that out.
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