Panel with rust-inhibitor coating removed

Scrapings from rust-inhibitor paint removal

Panels with rust damage

Mock-up panel with paint color samples (grey and yellowish grey used in previous paint layers on the house)

Progress Report II

This week MCC continued restoration work on the pieces of the Steel House. They continued to remove ceiling panels from their steel channel frames, and remove the rust-inhibitor paint. MCC is also asking an engineer to certify a proposed repair for wall panes, which involves replacing the bottom six inches with a new piece that will be welded on.

MCC has made a mockup pannel of the paint coatings used throughout the house's history. Most of the paint from the 1930s was a light grey, but there are also layers of yellowish grey.