Recent content by gtrance

Thanks for the advice. The frames had previously been painted. We did it ourselves about 3 years ago and it lasted about 6 months. I can see now from your advice that we weren't thorough enough in our preparations and skipped too many steps (not knowing what the steps were didn't help...

Many thanks for the reply. For the sander, I have a small eletric sander (it just vibrates), should this be sufficient or should I hire a belt sander? You mention 2/3 coats of quality exterior wood stain. I was thinking of painting the frames. Are you saying to apply the wood stain and...

Hi there, My 3 shop windows are in desperate need of re-painting. The frames are wooden, most parts are actually fine but the lower window ledge parts - the wood has all split and cracked and the paint has also split and peeled all over. The wood itself does feel dry, not rotten. My...

The backplate won't come off, its nailed to the drawer in two places, any attempt to prise the plate up causes it to bend and I can tell it will snap before the nails even begin to come out.

Hi there, i have a wooden drawer with a metal handle. The back of the metal handle is fimly fixed to the drawer. However, a small part of the handle has come off from the back plate causing, of course, the handle itself to come off. I have tried fixing the small part onto the backplate...

04 - close up showing the exact part that needs to fix into the backplate

02 - how it is now

03 - the piece to be glued or fixed on