Recent content by Oddbodkin

With most natural timber, I'd say it's essential. Too many people are in a rush these days, rather than doing the job reet.

I have a large stock of beeswax, so experimentation was the way to go. I've found a 5:1 beeswax/petroleum jelly(Vaseline) mix, melted in a "double boiler"(bottom half of a beer can in a small pan of water) produces something soft enough to stick a screw in, sticky enough to stay in the threads &...

It's still been useful though, as I'm planning on replacing a flat roof with a pitched one & the best I can manage is a tad over 13º.