Wednesday 12th March 2025 a planned outdoor painting day but with Gold Cup Week at Cheltenham we have some white stuff and it has turned cold so the normal GCW weather but the race trains were busy.. 

                                        

Plan B clean exhibits and inside tasks, the front off Foss Cross building is a large open hole so the metal exhibits are prone to rust these have been taken into the warm workshop where wire wool and wire brushes cleaned the rust off before another coating of lanolin.

                    

                                                

                                       The fire bucket was done 5 years ago so needed a clean up

                                                        

The bottle corker and blacksmith bellows both got a clean and lanolin treatment with linseed oil on the woodwork.

                before                                                                after

    

Then it was down the line coach and filling the gaps between the arches and roof timbers

                                  

The 1874 building exhibits are getting to need work so spring clean time. The brass oil lamp got a major clean

                           After the brass cleaning acid was washed off it looked better.

                                        

The Salter scales dial plate has had several coats of red oxide paint ready for the sticker when it arrives

The oil lamp refilling cupboard has been painted and looks good we just need the lamp hut restored and sited somewhere on Toddington Yard with all the lamps in.

A 1920's jigsaw box lid was repaired and put back on display with a new end

The Scammell trailer has a coat of cream on one side during the week before the weather turned

And this old varnish tin is coming in for some tlc it is in quite good condition but the top conical part and lid have rusted and are perforated

Hopefully the weather will improve for next week so we can get on with more painting'