Repair/repaint caboose advice

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Can be painted using rollers on a long pole using farm/industrial metal
paint.  Is there a boy scout troop around looking for an Eagle Scout
project?

John Rhodes

On Wed, May 22, 2024, 7:20 AM NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <
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> A caboose was installed at the Lewes, Delaware library recently and
> painted for Pennsylvania.  I’ll see if I can find the cost.
>
> A portable X-Ray Fluorescence spectrometer can inspect all over for lead
> paint. You might find one at a university or test lab. It’s best used by an
> expert with no onlookers nearby.
>
> Bob Bayles
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> On May 21, 2024, at 21:13, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <
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> The Northern Virginia Model Railroad Ass’n occupies the former W&OD
> Station in Vienna, Va., under a lease from the No. Va. Regional Park
> Authority (which owns the building).   Station is one floor and fairly
> typical in size of a small passenger station.  Obviously larger than a
> caboose and lacking running gear.
>
> Recently the Park Authority had the building “painted.”  In fact it was
> more than that, including replacement of numerous rotted external boards,
> scrapping tons of flaking lead-based paint, etc.  I will inquire whether
> anyone in the club leadership knows what the cost was.  Might at least
> provide some useful information.
>
> Bill Demarest
> Gainesville, Va.
>
> On May 21, 2024, at 5:26 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
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> Hello  - Is white and green the usual colors of N&W structures?
>
> Carl Barna
> Emmaus, PA
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> Greetings,
> The Rural Retreat Depot Foundation doesn't own the caboose beside us, but
> it is a main attraction and is worthy of looking good. The Town, owner, has
> asked if the Foundation would maintain it, and we agreed. We'll be asking
> for local donations for the materials and labor, so we need to know how
> much money we'll need to raise. We hope to do it "right", but will could be
> financially limited to 'spruce up'.
> If anyone or organization on this list has done this elsewhere I would
> appreciate a conversation and advice.
> We're assuming cleaning, repairs, primer and final, and there must be
> details under that. Perhaps this is something that could be contracted as a
> package.
> Any and all advice is appreciated!
> Frank Akers, president
> RR Depot Foundation
>
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