Painted angle iron entrance steps frame with second coat red oxide. Removed wooden guard rail from nearside of bus to allow easier access to the chassis side member. Cleaned and sanded loose rust from chassis side member from forward rear spring hanger to rearward front spring hanger ready for Vactan application.
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16/5/2019
Prepared angle iron entrance step frame for painting. Applied epoxy filler to top surface of top step frame to fill pits left after blasting away the rust. Applied first coat of red oxide.
Did some filling and sanding on the front bulkhead repair, need to make sure this is all ready for spraying with red oxide when I do the stair enclosure and the chassis.
15/5/2019
Stripped old steel cladding from the step frame, wich is constructed from steel angle and straps. Grit blasted angle iron frame for entrance steps. The uppermost step appears to be the original frame whereas the bottom step seems to have been added or replaced later. The uppermost step frame is heavily corroded. Some repair was required to the uppermost step frame where it had corroded through. This was welded up as was some damage to the corners where I had to cut through the fixing rivets to remove the side plates. A great deal of some sort of rubber mastic was removed from the lower step where it was jointed to the riser panel. The riser panel was very crudely made so I removed it with a view to making a replacement tomorrow.