Second strange question of the night.

I have removed the rearmost fiberglass used ticket box off of my RML for repairs. While stripping the paint off it appears that the inside of the ticket box was painted white.

It seem like the last layer of paint but could this be something else? More curious then anything. Just wondered if anyone could shed any light.


Cheers

Tom.

My bus number (if any): RML2344

The original finish was a matt white fire suppressant coating. Used on both the inner sides of both ticket boxes.

I understand this product had an asbestos content.

Used because of the tendency for passengers to drop cigarette ends in them. Smoking then being permitted on public transport and was far more common at the time.

Obviously, as it became known about the dangers of asbestos, this was coated over with a later fire resistant coating also white.

Be careful when scraping this stuff off as it may still be asbestos. Whilst it's very well documented about similar use and removal on the Underground. I've not seen anything about the same issues for the road services.

That is an interesting reply.

Some of it I had removed as I needed to do some other fiberglass repairs. Luckily I used paint stripper instead of sanding so what paint did come off came off in wet paste form.

I will dig out a suitable paint. I like little details like this when restoring things!

Many thanks.

My bus number (if any): RML2344