Recent content by tomaz

If the recommended expansion gap is 1.5cm is this from the edge of the door bar or the material in the other room?

Just wondering if I could get a couple of quick tips? The laminate I’m fitting is drop and lock. I’ll be getting a jigsaw and decent blades and possibly one of those laminate tool starter kits with the spacers and tapper and stuff. I was just wondering from the picture where in the room would be...

Tin says to stir. I have learnt something though. I am an idiot.

To late now completely cocked my entire room up it starts from light brown to golden brown to maroon to dark maroon. ****ing disaster. Didn't stir it i read somewhere you shouldn't stir coloured varnish. is there any way of fixing it or am i crewed and just suck it up and gloss them...

Thats what ive been doing although i now have 3 walls where the first goes liight 2 to darker 3 to even darker so it kind of look odd. hmm.

Thats what ive been doing although i now have 3 walls where the first goes liight 2 to darker 3 to even darker so it kind of look odd. hmm.

is it possible to split up a skirting board paint job by doing 2 coats coloured varnish one side and a few hours later doing the next side or the next day. Can this be done without any colour differential on sides done per day as long as there done soon enough to one another? Im just wondering...

The sanding pads velcro type keep coming off the sander so i give up now and am not going to bother.

Im going to rent and try a delta sander i think that may do it.

I have decided to take the skirting boards in my lounge back down to wood. Anyway so i start sanding down the door and the first wall that's done except the extreme corners. Then I came to my other skirting boards which have radiator pipes going over the top of them so cant really fit the sander...