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I am looking to have my recessed gas-meter box changed but cannot seem to find one to fit the size of hole in my wall. - All the boxes online appear to be 365mm wide or 'a brick and a half' wide. - My box is around 470 wide, or in other words 'two full bricks' wide. - Height and depth...

A good trade white (trade as in good quality, not trade as is a bucket of cheap crap) , a medium pile wood roller, and a good quality 2inch brush for edging. If you look at it from 6inches away you will see brush strokes in the edging, and roller texture in the rest, but it should not look a...

Ive got it as good as I can be bothered to, and got the top coat on, which unlike the primer was a pleasure to apply. Covered well over the buff colored primer given its gloss red, if less well over area at the end of the dipper I did primer and was going direct onto rust converter. Daniel

Yeah, I dont know, its been sunny in the past month and its not waterbased paint. The parts are the arm and dipper of a vintage mini digger, so about 180kg and 2m long... Dulux's offices are not open till Monday. Daniel

I just cant understand it, it does feel that way, still slightly tacky feeling and pulls the paper up when you lift it, but it wasnt THAT thick and it has been there weeks. Its sunny today to might get it in the warm, but ultimately while I might ring Dulux tech help, I think I am going to...

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What can be done to minimise balling up, short of wet sanding? I have painted a number of parts in Dulux Metalshield 'High Build' Zinc Phosphate Primer. It was a bit of a sod to apply, as it was very thick and tended to skin and the pull if not working very fast. I could mainly keep up with...

Yeah, depends on the fence, but I have basically only nailed. Even for post and rail fences, you just use the bit 100mm galv nails.... Only exception is bodging panel fencing that is time expired, where nailing it would totally shagg the job but odd screws can get another 18months life out of...

Ditto, most should be covered, say nothing about how it was created, mines a £25 excess but no effect on ncb. Daniel

I have been nominated, and shall be doing a video tonight. However I to have unanswered questions about the said charity, which have already had a lot of money, so shall be donating elsewhere. The idea of buying or making a large amount of ice to then waste it also grates, so I shall be...

Sounds right to me.

So how do you know you dont need/want one? Daniel

Just come back from a week in the Alps yesterday, totally changes your expectations and opens your mind to what mountain biking on a mountain is like, as apposed to mountain biking on a small hill in south wales. We stayed in Chatel this year (LesGets last year, Morzine the year before) but...

Do be fair, the cheap tat in BnQ is often £35 odd... for another "35 Iw would be tempted. Although if you have time you can get one for £15-20 online, and they are good for lighting bonfires and generally abusing.... Daniel

I don't think cables bruise! - If its only damaged the covering, there might be repair options. - If its damaged the copper, small nick, dent, etc, a join/replacement is needed imo. Daniel

What surface prep for painting old steelwork? I am looking for solution to painting rusting and half painted exterior steel work as I have some metalwork, in fact a small excavator arm, that I am restoring and need to repaint. - Fully washed and degreased but a mix of rust and oil paint...

Sounds good to me. Most primers are not weatherproof as far as I know, fortunately (?) most of my projects are on a timeline that means it will never be an issue! - We're also an hour from the coast, and the other of the pennies.... Daniel

Any one used this: Dulux Trade Metalshield Zinc Phosphate Primer £28.87inc vat for a 1l (7m² per litre) http://www.duluxdecoratorcentre.co.uk/servlet/ProductHandler?code=DDC10138

I guess thats not a bad plan. And is it all right paint? I have used Dulux Weathershield (trade and punter spec) white gloss on all our wooden window frames, but heard mixed reviews about the colours covering badly and streaking. Although being red I expect the worse outcome is is going...

You still have dis-similar metals even if there is not air. I presume that's one of the things the inhibitors protect again, certainly it is in the case of a car cooling/radiator loop. Daniel