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I'm only a diy'er but came across the same problem in my 1930s house. I wasn't very keen on the idea of using one of the more toxic paint strippers in the house, especially with the amount of cleaning up you have to do afterwards. I ended up using one of these modern gel organic strippers...

OK, thanks Dec... I'll give that a go

Hi As always, I'm after a bit of help....... the bay window on the front of our house has stone ‘cornering’ on the angled sections at the front. As can be seen from the attached pics, it looks like the stone has been painted with something in the past that has then caused it to break down in...

Dec/misterhelpful We're done! In the end I used an acrylic undercoat too. The topcoat has a really good finish, well i think it's really good :D Learnt a lot from doing this job, not least that it makes a massive difference to have half decent brush :D Thanks for all the advice...

Thanks for all the help and advice dec. I'll hopefully crack on with the under coat over the weekend. As you say, a good idea to practice on another piece of wood first. Hopefully with the right kit and a bit of practice I should get a half decent result. I'll let you know how I get on...

Hi all Just another quick question .... As mentioned earlier, I've already got the BIN so will use it this time. I have purchased the top coat and have gone for water based acrylic, along with a nice quality synthetic brush. Just wondering about undercoat... I already have a tin of oil...

Dec. Thanks for the Info. Unfortunately I have already purchased the bin for this job, however I have more to do after this, so am interested In learning more about the options. As you will have gathered, I'm just a diy'er but am keen to get as good as finish as possible. I'll take a look...

Thanks Misterhelpful for such a speedy response. Given what you've said, unless there are any other real disadvantages, I think I'll take the oil option. I guess the best way to achieve that flat smooth finish is to use a natural bristle brush ?... any other recommendations?

Hi I have some pine bedside cabinets that we want to paint. I have sanded of the wax finish back to bare wood and am going to prime them with zinsser bin. With regards top coat, should I be looking to use an oil or water based eggshell ?. I thought I read somewhere that oil based is harder...

Hi, I have this Panasonic cleaner which is really powerful and works well, with one irritating issue - It keeps automatically opening the by-pass valve on the back of the unit, like it's completey choked up with dust but there's hardly anything in the actual dust container and the filter is...

Hi I currently have a Galaxy panel with optex detectors, however we are about to take on 2 cats so need to change our current set-up. I have been advised by my alarm installer to replace the optex sensors with Honeywell DT7435 pet-friendly ones. A couple of questions ; How good are these...

I thought I had as I went through option 48 and enabled Level 3 access, then got in using the eng code.

Its a G2-20 panel... I've been advised to get the master code reset but the bit I can't get my head round is that I have L3 access, which I thought was the highest level of access. does this mean there is another code I haven't got?

Thanks again for all your help alarm! as you say, I think it,s time to call a man in ! One final question, i presume I should be able to use the alarm as Normal using the eng code until I can get the firm out - provided of course that I stay away from the other menus :D

Sorry -just fully understood what you meant. Have just set the alarm using eng mode, unset again. Still no joy - won,t leave eng mode. :shock: Still shows SMS com fault in the event log and when you try and leave eng mode it won't go past the tamper checking stage.

Ok Just tried it but can't leave eng mode. Just says manager reset rqd. I presume to do it you mean put the eng code in then enter followed by eng code then esc? Many thanks

Ok, I have done as stated, put in the new service number. I then press esc, esc, esc back to the main banner which still says manager reset required. I also can't exit eng mode....I put in the code then press ESC... It does a tamper check then shows SMS conf fail but won't leave Eng mode...