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Mouldy Wagons

Post by Sylvian Tennant » Thu Jan 17, 2019 10:32 am

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.
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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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Post by philipy » Thu Jan 17, 2019 11:41 am

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'.
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Post by TonyW » Thu Jan 17, 2019 11:53 am

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.

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Post by IrishPeter » Thu Jan 17, 2019 3:46 pm

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.

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Traffic Pattern? What pattern? Spuds out; grain in, but cattle, sheep and passengers are a lot less predictable.

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Post by tom_tom_go » Thu Jan 17, 2019 6:03 pm

I quite like the way the wagon looks to be honest!

It's fine, I will get my coat...

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Post by IrishPeter » Thu Jan 17, 2019 9:29 pm

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.

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Traffic Pattern? What pattern? Spuds out; grain in, but cattle, sheep and passengers are a lot less predictable.

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Re: Mouldy Wagons

Post by Sylvian Tennant » Fri Jan 18, 2019 12:31 am

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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Post by f.schulz » Fri Jan 18, 2019 12:36 am

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.

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Re: Mouldy Wagons

Post by Keith S » Sat Jan 19, 2019 8:22 am

I think a little bit of laundry bleach and an old toothbrush will sort that out.

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