White-lining on platform edge

[Michael Hodgson]

2 hours ago, Nile said:

But how wide is the brush?

If it isn't 3 feet, it isn't a yard broom!

[kevinlms]

7 hours ago, nelly said:

I agree totally with those who find the search facility for the forum near useless.

 

I’m trying to research what width of white line I should use for my platform edge-

OO scale

LMS mixed steam/diesel era

 

Can anyone assist?

 

I would guess that they would use a readily available type broom. Some have suggested that the bristles were cut down, how easy would that be? Not straight forward, I suspect.

 

A specialist provider would probably be easier. Here's one from Australia.

 

https://www.pfbrady.com.au/online-catalogue/index.html?page=1

 

Obviously the more modern materials would not have been available back in the day.

 

But there is an obvious alternative, sporting grounds had to be marked out and here is a link to a photo that I pointed out earlier, where it would seem a machine was used.

 

Was this a case of an contractor was employed to call in at various stations on a line and do the white lines with a machine?

 

[pH]

When I did this, the broom I used was made for the job - it wasn’t a regular broom modified. The head was L-shaped, and it was set up for a right-handed person, with the bristles on the downward-pointing part of the head pointing to the left to reach the face of the coping stones. With the ‘L’ of the head being of wood, by pressing it firmly left against the platform edge, you could get a pretty straight edge on the white stripe. 
 

How wide was it? The width of the white stripe plus maybe 4 inches for the downward pointing part.

[nelly]

So where can I get an OO scale broom....?