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As with all things like this do a small test first, either on a spare bit of old iron or on the back of the rad then stand it in its place to see how it looks in that light. Mixing black into a copper colour will necessarily "colour' it down, it will more than likely make it muddy but again if...

Hi, feather sanding is just trying to feather the edge of the old paint to a more graduated edge, the issues start to arise when people have either used cheap paint, arcylic; waterbased paints, or just glossed over glossed woodwork with no preparation and no undercoat to created a binding layer...

Doggit, sometimes just coming on here can spark idea's. Aquaheat, this is why I want to test off cabinet as her maj is insistent on having this tap installed, personally I like it simple, function first then form. I may go for a granite or travertine top over the oak surface, I have some spare...

Hi people, thanks for the replies. It's a fancy tap from eBay and I'm not 100% sure its good, it looks nice, but its going on a freestanding oak cabinet fitted onto the sink and if at all possible I would like to be able to test it first to find any faults prior to fitting the sink on top of...

Hi is there a way to test a tap prior to fitting it to the sink or when fitted to the sink but the sink hasn't been fitted yet? Like connecting it to a hose pipe to apply pressure to check for leaks? Any kits, or parts I could use?

Get a sharp chisel and scrape the paint off the edges so you can feather sand a single edge, you could also get some woodfiller which is akin to car body filler to smooth out the paint to wood edge. Using this product makes it more durable to knocks. Scraping paint off with a chisel

I could see how it would be practical to be able to see the plug socket and the plug and whether it is turned on or off but I also have experience of a safety issue when reaching over heated appliances such as toasters and "just boiled" kettles. I will be remodelling my Kitchen soon and the...

The unable to start part may have been created by shutting down the system improperly and that triggers a repair flag, if the external monitor is working it's likely to be a faulty screen or a loose cable

I personally use FrootVPN excellent VPN for £29.00 annually 14 different servers, no loggng blah blah

There is an option under firewall settings that says Block connections if a user cannot be prompted, you might want to uncheck that if the TV doesn't show a prompt.

I'd be careful about removing tiles below other tiles of that size. I would assume the tiles above are in a similar state and if you remove one and the tile above falls you'll likely end up needing a new bath too. I had a similar issue with a shower, a few loose tiles and when I started to...

Hi, when using a laser level where do you put the pencil mark? The edge of the laser line? The middle of the laser line? Other?

I'd go and ask Osmo I'm sure they'll know how to get this back. Personally and as far as I know, scraping it back to wood and reapplying the correct coating is probably the only option.

I refurbished a cast iron garden seat and used Osmo

I had to fit a double door with frame to an arch, the arch wasn't too bad but I wanted to get the doors spot on, they were oak veneered doors from Howdens and once you finish them with some Osmo Matt they look awesome. Anyway Me being me, I over-engineered the job but it worked well. So, I...

Buy new hinges dude all that looking you could have earned the money to replace all of your hinges o_O

Gorilla glue them on: http://www.screwfix.com/p/gorilla-glue-115ml/54593

I know I'm resurrecting an old post of mine but I thought it worth doing from a quality/reliability point of view. A few people commented about the questionable quality of the Volex Sockets but I can tell you that they are still working, still look just as good and I haven't had any trouble...

I can't stand acrylic wood paints, nothing but hassle. if you want something to be oil and stay white try enamel paints, or order paint from a firm local to me called Dacrylate, their oil based paints are great and stay white really well. They are experts in acrylic paints too so you'll get some...

I replace with a screw, place some mesh over the hole and fill, never pops after that. Do it right first time saves hours later on