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What sort of guitar - there's quite a weight difference between an acoustic and a Les Paul (10lbs+ for original non weight relieved models)?

An oxalic acid based treatment should do the job - this one is pretty easy to use http://www.osmouk.com/sitechaptern.cfm?bookid=Products&chapter=82&page=270 Give it a light sand down then you need to treat the wood with an oil that has UV protection but does not contain biocides (as it'll be in...

Not sure on alternatives but for your current deck osmo anti-slip decking oil is pretty good stuff.

It's easy to tell the size needed on a new screw - take the screw in one hand and a loose bit in the other - insert the bit into the recess, if it's the right size there shouldn't be much play in the joint when you wiggle/try and bend them (they should feel 'locked') if it's not the right size...

Not sure tbh, i just know you need to stop warm, relatively damp air from hitting cold stone.

Well the only thing I can suggest for removing the paint in that case is to use a corded drill or angle grinder equipped with a wire-brush/ abrasive flap/paint removal wheel...of course you don't need to do a perfect job of it if you just want the wall to breathe. When you dry line the wall it...

The paint is unlikely to be the cause of your condensation and mould - it'll be room/wall temperature, humidity and ventilation. So the good news is I reckon you don't need to strip the paint. You do need to address the issue though - you need to treat the mould and increase ventilation and/or...

Asking for a friend. They're looking to buy a property but they've noticed that the soil stack runs vertically through the conservatory at the rear of the property into the ground. The conservatory has obviously been a later extension but is it permitted for the soil pipe to enter the ground...

To be honest I'd probably just go with frame fixings if they're going to be hidden behind a rad.

You could tape either side of the join and use a polyurethane glue (gorilla glue) that will foam and fill the voids - the tape will make removing the excess easy by scraping once cured?

That's what I was thinking - to me a shaker door is a floating panel in an un-mitered frame like the below. The grooves between the pieces of the frame could be made using a block plane (maybe on a shooting board).

I just recently discovered plasti-dip - if you get a junior can of it (in clear) it should do what you want if you paint a thin layer of it in the recess. http://www.plastidip.co.uk/product/junior-can-250ml

to seal the existing barrel you could go with silicone or something like plasti-dip.

I have heard good things about Osmo anti-slip decking oil not used it myself (yet) though.

The real trick with these sort of joints is getting the faces to be glued really good and flat so that when you present them to each other as a dry fit there's no gaps (looks almost seamless), then you need to get enough clamps on them to not only hold them together but also hold them flat and...

If by Gorilla Glue you mean the transparent brown stuff (polyurethane) then for future reference you're better off leaving the excess glue alone until it cures then scraping it off with a card scraper etc - if you really need to wipe it while wet then iirc you need to use isopropyl alcohol (or...

Definitely don't try and force them through the wood - because the kerf is so thin and the teeth so hard you can snap teeth off if you do also applying weight/pressure to the blade makes your cut more likely to skew. Think about body position and movement to keep cuts going straight, sometimes...

Yeah - I missed that!

Do check the saw is cutting square if you buy one - most require some fine adjustment to get them to cut accurate angles. If you've rapidly cut a groove in the mitre block then (as crap as they are) it could be that your technique needs a bit of improvement - getting your body in the right...

Take a look at Paul Sellers on YouTube - he does a video for a 'Poor Mans Beading Tool' - as part of that he creates a simple jig to drill a hole square into the tool - the bit you want starts about 2 minutes in - just scale it up.