Tunnel Bands

[Nightwatch]

We are docking next week for blacking.

i take the opportunity to repaint the tunnel bands. We have a red one

and a creamy yellow one. Just got the Red out and it’s defunct. It is/was Signal Red. The admiral now says she has never liked the shade of red.

so, question. What is the brand and ‘shade’ of red does anyone prefer. The mind boggles.

Edited February 29 by Nightwatch

[IanD]

6 minutes ago, Nightwatch said:

We are docking next week for blacking.

i take the opportunity to repaint the tunnel bands. We have a red one

and a creamy yellow one. Just got the Red out and it’s defunct. It is/was Signal Red. The admiral now says she has never liked the shade of red.

so, question. What is the brand and ‘shade’ of red does anyone prefer. The mind boggles.

 

Mine was originally painted signal red (my request!), but once on the boat I found this was too orange. It was then changed to Ruby Red (RAL3003) which looks much better -- and turned out to be what Finesse normally use... 😉

 

(other band is RAL9001 Cream, looks better than white)

 

 

Edited February 29 by IanD

[haggis]

Oh, who is in danger of tripping over a rope lying at his feet 🙂 

[Nightwatch]

Ian would be able to appreciate the tunnel bands on his way in. But looking closer the ropes are out of the way I reckon.

[BEngo]

Mine is either Craftmaster Manchester Red or Alfa Red, depending on what is available when a new tin is needed.

 

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[beerbeerbeerbeerbeer]

Post Office Red

[Lady M]

I think mine is Craftmaster Bright Red, this matches the handrails and coach lines.

[Nightwatch]

Thank you all. Ordered Craftmaster paint,(to give it a try). 

[Rob-M]

We have Symphony Paints Ferrari red so we can go faster.

[IanD]

59 minutes ago, Nightwatch said:

Ian would be able to appreciate the tunnel bands on his way in. But looking closer the ropes are out of the way I reckon.

 

Correct, the rope was dropped onto the raised bit with the dollies on not the deck area that you stand on -- temporarily anyway since we were only going a couple of hundred yards, normally I take if off and put it on a seat or the hatch. Kicking it over the stern is a bad idea, DAMHIK... 😞

Edited February 29 by IanD

[Nightwatch]

8 minutes ago, Rob-M said:

We have Symphony Paints Ferrari red so we can go faster.

Surely only going astern.

[stagedamager]

we use Craftmaster when we paint tunnel bands at Langley Mill.......

[David Mack]

1 hour ago, beerbeerbeerbeerbeer said:

Post Office Red

If you want the proper Post Box red, as agreed between Royal Mail and Historic England, it is Royal Mail red, colour ref no. 538 BS381C, available from a number of paint suppliers.

(See https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/publications/royal-mail-post-boxes/ and download the Policy Statement).

Edited February 29 by David Mack

[Nightwatch]

1 hour ago, stagedamager said:

we use Craftmaster when we paint tunnel bands at Langley Mill.......

Only the best eh!?

[Tonka]

20 minutes ago, Nightwatch said:

Only the best eh!?

Made by a painter apparently so it's easy to use. Doesn't last long so as to keep him in work

[ditchcrawler]

3 hours ago, Nightwatch said:

Ian would be able to appreciate the tunnel bands on his way in. But looking closer the ropes are out of the way I reckon.

But still in the ark of the tiller, still he looks as if he is hanging on tight

2 hours ago, stagedamager said:

we use Craftmaster when we paint tunnel bands at Langley Mill.......

Lots would say that is the most stable red on the market, they all fade a bit, some more than others.

[IanD]

17 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said:

But still in the ark of the tiller, still he looks as if he is hanging on tight

Lots would say that is the most stable red on the market, they all fade a bit, some more than others.

I think the odds of hitting an underwater obstruction and being thrown overboard by the tiller while going ahead on a two hundred yard stretch of deep canal in Sheffield are probably on a par with those of the boat being struck by a meteorite and sunk... 😉

 

Don't now what brand the paint is, it's sprayed-on epoxy two-pack so should be durable but may in the end have the same fading problem as many (all?) red paints do.

 

(red is worst because it absorbs all the blue light which has the highest energy photons, so the pigments degrade faster than other colours)

Edited February 29 by IanD

[beerbeerbeerbeerbeer]

2 hours ago, David Mack said:

If you want the proper Post Box red, as agreed between Royal Mail and Historic England, it is Royal Mail red, colour ref no. 538 BS381C, available from a number of paint suppliers.

(See https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/publications/royal-mail-post-boxes/ and download the Policy Statement).

As it happens I need to buy some red paint over the next few days so I can spruce things up before Easter. 
I’ll may just have to settle for what I can get if I can’t order in time. I’m sure the last pot of paint I had was Johnstone’s post Office Red. 
 

What would you recommend for an ‘off’ white? I had Johnstone’s ‘Antique’ white last time. 
 

Now I have no car, I can’t easily pop off to Johnstone’s like I used to. I’ll be changing over to what’s commonly available from yards and wharfs.
I see Toplac about a lot, is that any good?

[Jon57]

3 minutes ago, IanD said:

I think the odds of hitting an underwater obstruction and being thrown overboard by the tiller while going ahead on a two hundred yard stretch of deep canal in Sheffield are probably on a par with those of the boat being struck by a meteorite and sunk... 😉

This ended up in the deep canal basin in Brighouse. Lucky the guy was rescued. The boot was open so we could see it in the channel. 😁

[IanD]

1 minute ago, Jon57 said:

This ended up in the deep canal basin in Brighouse. Lucky the guy was rescued. The boot was open so we could see it in the channel. 😁

 

We nearly hit something like that in the 80s, coming out onto the Lee (at Limehouse?) at about 11pm -- I saw something in the water and we swerved to avoid it, as we went past I just managed to make out "Escort 1.3" on the edge of the boot lid... 🙂

[David Mack]

2 minutes ago, Jon57 said:

This ended up in the deep canal basin in Brighouse. Lucky the guy was rescued. The boot was open so we could see it in the channel. 😁

I remember joyriders driving a car into Battlebridge Basin one evening. The weirdest thing was the headlights still worked with the car completely submerged resulting in two ghostly glows from below the surface.  Police and fire brigade were soon on the spot and verified there was nobody inside, after which they left. And next morning the disconsolate car owner was seen on the bank wondering what to do next.

[Rob-M]

42 minutes ago, beerbeerbeerbeerbeer said:

As it happens I need to buy some red paint over the next few days so I can spruce things up before Easter. 
I’ll may just have to settle for what I can get if I can’t order in time. I’m sure the last pot of paint I had was Johnstone’s post Office Red. 
 

What would you recommend for an ‘off’ white? I had Johnstone’s ‘Antique’ white last time. 
 

Now I have no car, I can’t easily pop off to Johnstone’s like I used to. I’ll be changing over to what’s commonly available from yards and wharfs.
I see Toplac about a lot, is that any good?

We have Symphony Paints Off White, it is quite creamy though.

 

You can walk to Symphony Paints from the canal around Birmingham, not sure exactly where the best stopping place is though.  Or if you are around Penkridge, Park Gate have a wide choice of paint brands.

[beerbeerbeerbeerbeer]

Just now, Rob-M said:

We have Symphony Paints Off White, it is quite creamy though.

 

You can walk to Symphony Paints from the canal around Birmingham, not sure exactly where the best stopping place is though.  Or if you are around Penkridge, Park Gate have a wide choice of paint brands.

yeah the off white I had/have is creamy, which I’m in two minds about. 
 

I keep passing Park Gate and after your earlier  recommendation and I keep meaning to go in but still haven’t.

 

 

 

 

 

[ditchcrawler]

Why are they called Tunnel Bands?

[Tacet]

47 minutes ago, IanD said:

 

We nearly hit something like that in the 80s, coming out onto the Lee (at Limehouse?) at about 11pm -- I saw something in the water and we swerved to avoid it, as we went past I just managed to make out "Escort 1.3" on the edge of the boot lid... 🙂

Even in the 80s, the Lee didn't reach Limehouse.

 

I had to nudge a car out of the channel somewhere near Bishop Street basin.