Recent content by hindsight

Hi, thanks for your replies. I agree there's no repairing it as it stands and that it needs stripped down and redone. I'd been holding back from doing that as I'm not very experienced at this kind of thing and I don't want to cause any more damage by accident. But it would be useful to see...

Hi everyone The front of the chimney breast in my upstairs bedroom is falling away - I think it's plasterboard which has split. It's only really being held in place by the (woodchip) wallpaper. There seems to be a layer of plaster behind the plasterboard and it is crumbling. I have...

Hi, well, I tried the PCB/Flux cleaner and it removed some of the stain, but there was some residual left. I was tempted to try the WD40, but it's a substance I'm a little wary of. So I tried the soap and water and it removed a good deal more. Left it unplugged for a week after that, just to be...

Thanks for your replies. I could swear that this board looks and feels like wood that is coated with plastic. I have used ISO on many modern appliances and never had a problem so maybe it's just that particular mix. I'll take a walk over to Maplins tomorrow. The only problem is that, if I go...

Hi all, I had a go at cleaning my old 70's tuner-amplifier which had become clogged with dust through the years. It all went well up to a point - I used an air cannister to get most of the dirt off the circuits and pots and connectors and so on. But then I decided to lightly clean the main...