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Growler,,, what can I say,,, my wife is a lot younger than I am 43 beautiful lady, you never know if she loves it that much it could lead to other things :lol: :lol: Thank you so much, I'll have a look round tomorrow see where I can find the best deal. Cheers my friend and thank you again

Would you recommend a good quality oil based gloss paint please. and I think I will call it a day.

Hello again my very patient friend. Yes I did try the techniques suggested. I gave the first unsuccessful coat a light sanding down using 140 grade and then 200 grade. It fealt very smooth after finishing. I then wiped it all over with sugar soap wipes and allowed to dry. The following...

Not that it helps much but its reassuring to see other people are having probs with Dulux Water base gloss. Tell me who buys this stuff if its crap if you cant get a decent sheen and its difficult to lose the brush marks who buys it and where do they use it.. Although I said before that the...

Well lads this is my final message... I have just had a look at my bathroom door and airing cupboard doors,, they are all absolute crap. I have never made such a bad job before.So much for Dulux water base gloss. I think it probably best left for the professionals. I think what I am going to...

Well my friends being under from my other half to get it finished, I WENT AND DUN IT. The end result was margionally better than the first but I think after reading your advise, maybe a good quality brush would have helped. I being an absolute novice at decorating, (yes even after 50 years)...

Thank you guys,, roller is off. Now I am not completely stupid regarding my interpretation of decorating but could you clarify the term "laying off" to me please. What I usually do is apply the paint, say to a door, left to right and then finish off with a light up and down stroke. I think I...

One more question before bed,,, woudl the result be any better using a small roller.. thanks

Thanks again chaps,,, I think the over brushing sounds right,, where do I get flowetrol, does it come in small amounts. thanks

Well what can I say,, I swapped the oil based for water based but although it feels quite nice to use I am really disappointed at the finish with regards to brush strokes. In all my 64 years I have never had difficulty in brushing out brush marks. I have always used the same type of brushes but...

Thank you for that my friends, it looks like another trip back to B&Q, :cry:

Now gents I must be getting a little senile in my old age (64) but now I am confused, I have only opened the undercoat so I can still take the Dulux Trade back to B&Q if I need to. Is the Trade Gloss an oil based or water based glosss. I have read the label there is no direct reference to oil...

Well, gents thank you for the replies,, I have decided to go for the Dulux Trade Gloss and the same in undercoat. I have given the existing a rub over with wet & dry, one undercoat and one top coat to follow, lets hope it does the trick. I wasn't clear if it was oil, water, or acrylic based but...

Do the trade use a particular paint which gives such a lovely finish, I realise of course that a tradesman has trained hard to achieve good results and I don't expect to achieve the same results. I prepare the best I can and I don't use cheap paint but whatever I use it always looks as if it...

Can anyone suggest a product that is safe to use to lubricate the fridge door please. I was going to use WD40 but because its quite smelly I thought it might contaminate the contents of the fridge. Thanks

Interesting reading all of the comments and advise about fitting a mixer to a small cw tank. I have an additional problem whereby my tank is galvanised and the tank outlet feed to the cylinder comes straight out of the bottom. I suppose this was the way to do it in the 60's maybe before domestic...

Hello again, I am still pondering on fitting the surrey flange. I bought a usec one from Ebay in good condition, it has 22mm outlets but the thread end that fits to the cylinder is bigger, about 26mm. I have had a look at the female thread in a copper cylinder which I have in my shed from...

Thanks ChrisR. I think its time to bite the bullet and have a go. I am on a pension and have to try to do most things myself. Thank you for your time.

Thanks ChrisR Yes my mistake I did mean a Surrey flange. I'm not too bothered about the actual drilling it was just trying to understand how it was possible to seal it from the inside. Once you have drilled the cylinder and you don't get a seal, I guess then your in real trouble. If as...

I am in the process of fitting a new bath thermostatically controlled mixer which is armitage shanks. I have been advised to take a dedicated hot supply directly from the hot water cylinder. The thought of drilling into the cylinder makes me a bit nervous. I was going to tee off the pipe...