Ep12: AEC Routemaster London Bus Restoration - Refitting The Rexine (Pt1)

[@jacksugden8190]

Well done Dave - perseverance

[@MrRossi1805]

Well done!

[@AJSAN1971]

If you've got Tim B on your side you can't go wrong. Excellent series.

[@michaelmillar845]

Being a Coachbuilder it's great seeing guys do videos of the job I love doing :)

[@colinmiles1052]

I bloody hate gluing stuff like that. Good result in the end!

[@johnkenyon1532]

Brilliant recap, and some hilarious choice language thrown in to boot. Just like it is in any workshop for classic vehicles 👍

[@radams290748]

love the channel ,love the non PC , I am1952 vintage London so RM part of my life , cheers

[@michael.h.bradley1865]

love the videos, the series and , most of all -- the buses. i,m an ex bus driver so have these things at heart. may it go from strength to strength !

[@crewealex1125]

Big Al is definitely the star of this episode! Good on you, mate 👍

[@Routemaster4Hire]

I'll let him know you think that!!

[@robleary3353]

Lovely! Many memories as a very young lad travelling on the buses, running up the stairs to cram into the front row with my pals! 🤣. I cant be sure but I'm fairly certain this was the model of bus that used to take me and my Pals from Crayford to Bexleyheath back in the mid seventies, the old seat cover fabric gave it away! 🤣. Four pence was the fare if I recall rightly. Nice job!

[@dazzlerbob1870]

Love the recap, plenty of D-Heads. lol

[@stupot1093]

Buses are looking absolutely fantastic well done Team. Great work 👍

[@leejones5849]

Hello Dave and to the rest of the team thank you for another great video really enjoyable to watch. Cheers for the recap at the beginning of the video it was nice to refresh my memory of what’s happened so far and restoring the bus. I hope that the rest of that job goes a lot more smoothly for you I’m sure it will do. I look forward to part two of the video.

[@kevinwoodruff8994]

What a nightmare but hey it looks fantastic good job you never took it off and started again. the passengers won't notice it only you will your get uses to it. Absolutely good job you done of it👍👌

[@Routemaster4Hire]

Thanks 👍

[@marksinthehouse1968]

Park Royal used grey rexine on the early DMS then switched to Formica ,used to get slashed by idiots ,on the refurbished RMLs I drove at S they had moquette which after a while came adrift ,keep at it reminds me of happier times on a No73 with my Nan going to Oxford street from Hammersmith c1969 I would sit at the front so I could pretend I was driving the hand rail was my driving thingy ma Bob 😊nice work ,Mark ,ex LT driver

[@alexeatonexploresamerica5511]

Incredible wish I was there to see the buses in person

[@paulaylesbury]

Excellent video and production, guys

[@Routemaster4Hire]

Thank you 😊

[@pamfulcher6037]

You and your mates did a great job mate . Thanks for the video 🇨🇦

[@johnboytd]

I'm impressed with your patience!! Well done so far, keep up the good work!!

[@petersmith4455]

hi there, great to see the AEC bus being cared for, hope the engine is ok, i am sure it is.

[@Routemaster4Hire]

So far the engine is fine, but we will see how it preforms once the bus starts doing some private hire work.

[@johnmichaeldorienjohn467]

Another great upload, You guys did a fantastic job,&I'm sure The 'park royal' crew would approve!

[@Routemaster4Hire]

Thank you very much!

[@petercrispin3781]

Hi Guys, That looked like a total pain in the inner sanctum of one's posterior to me....a real pain right up, if you catch my drift!🤪 Looking forwards to seeing part 2 of the rexine story....and the out-takes too, I bet there was loads of four letter words used!! 👍👍 Great production quality again too, someone knows what their doing with video cameras, perhaps more than recovering a RMs inner panels....😂

[@Routemaster4Hire]

Thanks Peter, you could be right there!!

[@kingsethofpinecone]

The live stream is soon going to start and I'm very excited

[@iansantry1]

Another very enjoyable video. Thank you!

[@urbangeeze1348]

I think what you need is a plastic caulking blade & get 3 of you to hold it off from the bottom then smooth starting at the top from left to right, gradually working your way down getting rid of bubbles as you go, without pressing too hard. I use the same technique when wallpapering. If you use your hand you can overstretch it.

[@mikecollings6889]

Looking good lads... keep up the good work.

[@ROCKINGMAN]

I'm a perfectionist too, but would allow for some slight imperfections such as you speak of with the Rexine application. On camera it looked very good indeed, close inspection you may see the imperfections but if it's clean and straight with small bumps, I thinkI would accept it. In the main the vehicle is coming along nicely and it's one great british icon, great job. Original Routemasters all had slight differences from one to another. I've been travelling on them since late '60s, as well as RTs and RFs SMS' etc.

[@davidbassett4577]

Another really good video… what an awkward job reapplying the rexine is turning out to be… but you are really getting to grips with the technique… I am sure the end result will be stunning !

[@bobbybennett6489]

Brilliant

[@andygranger3662]

Good job! The roller suggestion below is excellent, but maybe you would need to dilute slightly with the appropriate solvent. The finish obtained by doing it in vertical strips was probably the best they ever got at Park Royal. Doing it in one piece but applying in hoizontal 1m long sections is an alternative, but prone to more alignmemt problems.

[@davidvivian596]

Dave (@17:59) that Rexine looks pretty good to me - and I've got OCD. I think you should consider keeping it then see what it looks like once the seats are back in.

[@allenwilliams1306]

My guess as to how they did the long runs initially was to use a more-liquid contact adhesive and have a whole team of chaps applying the material to the wall simultaneously when it had gone touch dry. They weren't too bothered about doing it perfectly, either.

[@DanielMeakin1]

Nice video

[@Routemaster4Hire]

Thanks

[@frankwilkinson6328]

Just a thought. Would it help to run a warm iron over the rexine to keep the glue soft and allow you to flatten it down.

[@PE3FS]

nice video

[@Routemaster4Hire]

Thanks

[@alexeatonexploresamerica5511]

Wish I could ride on one

[@crewealex1125]

A recap without any dog footage? I'm appalled! 😱

[@TheFlyingBusman]

Well, I know where RM1214 used to reside so now I’m trying to figure out who could have mushed the oil pickup 🤨. I do like a nice bit of fresh Rexine mind.

[@Routemaster4Hire]

Hi Gary, if you are referring to when the bus was in Yorkshire then you'd be pointing the finger at the wrong people as the bus was well looked after and maintained there. The oil pickup was mushed when the bus briefly lived in the London area after it left Yorkshire.

[@jaychadburn5155]

This Jason I love your videos how many route master buses do you have

[@Routemaster4Hire]

Thanks Jay, we have 5 in the fleet

[@martynrudd6070]

you should thin the glue, and put it on from left to right and not vertical, that way you glue as you go and no lines and no drying glue.

[@albertcoats3959]

Why do you have. To push the bottom twice ?

[@davidvivian596]

Was a new paint roller out of the question to fix the large rexine sheet?

[@Routemaster4Hire]

We did try a roller but it was a waste of time.

[@paulpalin9565]

Hi just watched every video you made can you tell me what is the name of the song you use for the opening credits an the ending credits as is catchy I love it I just live down the road from you on the wirral

[@Routemaster4Hire]

Hi Paul. Thanks for watching the videos. Unfortunately the music is not commercially available. We downloaded it from a content creators website so it only available for use as a backing track on videos and TV commercials.

[@mickd6942]

as a paid up member of the occasional dick head club the intro story so far bit had me in stitches and was informative at the same time

[@jamiekarslake9165]

There’s that Bristol vr again has that got anything to with routemaster 4 hire

[@richardwilson3643]

Very funny.

[@mickd6942]

won't the Rexine being in sections mean you can just replace a section if needed in the future without having to remove the whole strip

[@MjC7192]

You are awesome .......alot of people in the world are dickheads and can't /won't admit it .............,love you guys

[@treezer4658]

Hi

[@MjC7192]

You're awesome .........he's a dhd , you're a DHd......NO...,we are ALL Dickheads ......,everyone just have not realized it yet

[@alanoliver]

Could I be cheeky and ask you if you can send me a photo of your fleet

[@Routemaster4Hire]

The best photos are on our website... www.routemaster4hire.co.uk

[@ralphjacobs4562]

Is it not possible to spray the glue ?

[@allenwilliams1306]

You'd need full breathing apparatus.

[@Shoreditch]

My mummy told me, and she knows, the betterer it smells the badderer it is

[@andyrichardsvideovlogs8835]

Why isn't this smell-o-vision ? 😅

[@treezer4658]

Fearst

[@alexeatonexploresamerica5511]

Such a foul mouth lol

[@martinharrison7927]

The swearing is unnecessary

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