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a new colour for the scenic railway i think gold or silver would be cool or even paint that they use in tunnels that glow in the dark so at night time we see the scenic glowing

That might not be given Listed Building Consent I have to say!

Not to mention the extreme expense of all 3 of those choices....

dreamland wrote:a new colour for the scenic railway i think gold or silver would be cool or even paint that they use in tunnels that glow in the dark so at night time we see the scenic glowing

kind of futuristic don't you think!

just plain wood preserver would be adequate
it was the paint that actually caused the wood to rot ( the douglas fir didnt breath)
plain emulsion paint would be fine
but theres nothing wrong with creosote
does it come in gold?
gold and silver is ideal for metal rides that have been galvanised

Creosote is not a good solution at all. It's highly flammable. It's a good preservative and was the best thing going even as recently as 40 years ago, but there are better things now.
We just lost a huge 120 year old railroad trestle (bridge) here a month or so ago. It was impossible to put out the flame as the creosote acted as a high power fuel.

Jim Douglas Jr. wrote:Creosote is not a good solution at all. It's highly flammable. It's a good preservative and was the best thing going even as recently as 40 years ago, but there are better things now.
We just lost a huge 120 year old railroad trestle (bridge) here a month or so ago. It was impossible to put out the flame as the creosote acted as a high power fuel.

yup jim i should have said whitewash as I meant it in an old fashioned way of talking LOL
creosote would go up like a flash so not a good idea perhaps they do gold whitewash these days ack but that would be goldwash not whitewash sheeeesh modern times they dont agree with me LOL
heck im sorry u cant say whitewash thesedays as it may offend some people ..... what the heck im not PC

Linseed oil paint is the stuff... allows wood to breath and lasts.

In my opinion, the scenic should be repainted the bembom blue reflecting dreamland's glory days.
I'm not convinced that the "paint makes wood rot" fact is true. I thought paint would actually preserve it.
It would be far to much effort to sand the whole structure down anyway.

Unfortunately if the wrong type of paint is used it can crack, allow water in, and prevent its escape. Hence rot.

Sanding it down would of course be a pretty mammoth job.