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Halfords professional or Wera.

JB Weld SteelStik™ sets in 3-5 minutes and after 60 minutes, can be drilled, tapped, machined, ground, filed and painted. SteelStik™ cures to a dark grey color, is rated at a tensile strength of 4000 PSI and will withstand temperatures up to 300ºF

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Got plenty of time on my hands and sanding was quite enjoyable,kept me occupied.

I took my doors off and worked on them in the garage ,this was mainly because of the dust from sanding.I don't think rolling insitu would have been a problem as the paint goes on thinly with the roller so don't get any running.

I've nearly finished the revamp of my kitchen now, biggest job was tiling the floor because I wanted the tiles up to the edge and not just to kitchen units.Led tape lighting and tiling under the wall cabinets and I'm finished. Glad the info above might be useful.

Before I set about doing up my 80's style oak kitchen by painting all the units (can't afford new) I scoured the internet looking for what to use and how to use it and thought this might help other people. All the units were rubbed down using a range of sanding sponges 60/100/120 grit just...

Brilliant thanks for the replies,just need to make my mind up on where to get them from.I can't see the cheapo ones on Amazon being much cop?

Ok great ,thanks for the reply.

I'm looking to fit some led tape lights under my kitchen cabinets,I have a 7 ft stretch then I have my cooker and another 300 mm cabinet after the cooker.Instead of having two separate installations I have buried 20 mm oval conduit in the wall which is going to be tiled over and was thinking of...

As a side issue,if your fire stops misting and you suspect the transducer before buying one stick it in a kettle descaler for half an hour, worked a treat for ours.

No never used SLC before but laid plenty of concrete. Thanks for replies will have a look at both products.

Decided to pull up the floor tiles in kitchen that were laid onto concrete floor and level floor ready for vinyl planks.The concrete floor is at least 50 years old and is supported by columns which put it at first floor level.I know the floor is not level because I had to adjust the tiles as I...

Thanks for the replies,you've confirmed what I thought was the best way to go about it.

I'm looking to panel and internal plastered brick wall with wood from pallets and wondering the best way to do it .Should I use glue or batten the wall out and nail it.If I use glue would the wood need to be held in place (don't know how) or will the glue hold it in place.If glue which is the...