Picture Galleries > Putting on the first canvas
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The first job was to put masking tape over the gaps between the ceiling boards on the monitor ceiling so that the waterproofing mixture didn't go thought= and stain the newly cleaned boards. They are 110 years old and some of them have shrunk slightly.
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Then a test section at one end was painted with the gunk to see if the tape did its job. The sealant is a mixture of arboseal mastic and turps substitute mixed to the consistency of thick paint.
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Then after leaving it to dry for a week check underneath and thanfully no grey dribbles ahve appeared.
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Then cut a length of canvas and try it for size. Union Tarpaulins at Hunslet supplied the canvas.
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Then paint grey gunge all over the ceilig boards and work it into the edges.
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As soon as the first layer of gunge was in place we placed the canvas and started pinning it down with beading. We started in the centre and worked outwards pinning the inner edge first.
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At the ends of the car a specially shaped steam bent piece of timber holds the canvas. Fortunately these were all in good condition and we have been able to reuse the old ones which saved many hours of work. Here the one at the CD corner is shown.
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After the ends we pinned a piece of half round beading on the outside just below the edge of the cantrail, again bedded on a good layer of dilute mastic. A drip rail will go below this in due course.
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The last job was to paint a full layer of gunge over the top of the canvas and stipple it in well to make a proper waterproof seal.