Wednesday 25th October 2023

Worklist:

Continue painting factory.

Review and continue cottage painting.

Geoff continued painting the factory, building up layers of rust and old painted wall and roof surfaces.

Stephen had made a start of painting the cottages at home. Firstly, the gable wall 'roof flashings' had to be resolved, and a mortar fillet was chosen over the lead flashings previously investigated in the workshop. Secondly, the slates were painted using a pallet of white and black paint regularly replenished and mixed.

The end cottage and all of the chimney stacks were given a coat of sandy paint, to represent mortar. It was intended to then paint the stone wall of the end cottage, but Stephen chickened-out. Instead, after preparing a pallet of three earth colours, he used a finger to smudge the paint over the surface, with unbelievable effect.

The rest of the cottages were given a coat of matt white bathroom/kitchen paint, which happened to be handy. Again, the effect of the stonework grinning through fitted perfectly with the research from the previous week and saved having to remove some paint to suggest very old whitewash. A couple of cottages will be given a second coat to reflect better maintenance. The stone embossing stood out perfectly.

Geoff provided a pot of Railmatch Bauxite paint which was perfect for the terracotta ridge tiles and chimney pots.

Stephen went on to paint the ridges and fix the windows and door to the managers house.

Individual gutters and downpipes were fabricated months ago, but recent research often showed gutters discharging into neighbouring gutters with shared downpipes. However, the original gutters will 'probably' be used.