The smokebox door after being cleaned and painted in heat resisting primer.
Photo: Laurence Armstrong

The chimney being externally cleaned.
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The spindle board after a first attempt at being painted in primer.
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Whilst we'd painted the spindle board the previous day we still had some ferrules to remove, and we also didn't really care for the quality of the finish so decided to completely strip all the paint off and start again.
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The spindle board (and whistle) after painting in primer.
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Other spindle board components hung up after being painted in primer.
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A bucket full of crud from the foundation ring. There were three other lots like this!
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