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Sorry gents, new tins of both Zinsser B-I-N Shellac Primer and Dulux Pro Liquid Gloss, new brushes, and washed with the advised solutions; methylated spirits and turps... I wonder if I need to give the brushes longer to dry out after washing before I use them again to reapply?

Just pine I'm afraid. It's probably about three or four years old.

Just done another test patch with three lots of undercoat... I'm starting to wonder if the bubbles aren't dirt / fibres from the wood... I've fine sanded it and cleaned / wiped it to within an inch of it's life though...

Applied with a Harris multi paint brush, no roller in sight. Yes, the gloss is oil-based.

The Zinsser B-I-N Shellac Primer was recommended to me by a shop employee who suggested it would help cover a multitude of sins.

Hi all... I'm decorating the hall... Have keyed back the old gloss on the banister, and applied a new coat of Dulux Pro Liquid Gloss, but ended up with a lot of tiny bubbles in the finish, which felt horrible when you ran your hand down it. So, I sanded back to the wood (two days) and have now...

Cheers Crank, that has sorted it and saved me a few quid. Really appreciate your help!

Hi all I have a very standard up and over / space saver garage door, with one big spring at the top. It recently fell off on one side, and I managed to get the cable back on... it's now running smoothly enough, but when its fully open, one side hangs down a bit more than the other, looking a...

Can I fill that with foam?

Thanks, good to know. After some time away from this with other work issues, and no sign of said vermin for some time, they have now returned and this will have to be dealt with. I'll just have to go with the fire rated expanding foam and see how I get on. Wondering if it might be bats or...

So sealing eaves is something people do? It doesn't cause any air flow / condensation / damp issues?

Don't think they have set up shop yet, the noise is very intermittent. I'm hoping the foam will be a simple deterrent rather than a full proof solution.

Two years on and this has worked a treat. No stains coming through.

Hi all I have an issue with mice coming in from my neighbours loft space. They refuse to do the honourable thing and throw themselves into a trap, or eat any poison, so I'm looking at blocking up their access. I believe they are using the void behind the soffit / facia to come and go and I...

Think I'm gonna need a plumber then. Those copper tails have several other pipes coming off them :((n) Thanks for the reply and the insight, really appreciated (y)

Hi all I need to replace my current monoblock tap with a new one. I really don't want to change the pipes underneath to the new flexi hose ones, I want to keep the solid copper ones that I currently have. The piping underneath the sink is a labyrinth, and not a straight forward swap. So, how do...

Well, it's done! I've spent in the region of 45 plus hours on it... most of which was prepping and sanding... but it's done! I found most of the drill bit and sander attachments were useful to an extent, but were never gonna be able to get into all the joints in the way that I needed. For me...

Yeah, I have ordered a set of 'flap disks' for my drill. Essentially the same thing, but nice to know the proper names. Should the ones I have ordered be a load of rubbish, which is quite likely, I'll have a search for the real deal.

Well, after all the great info and advice on here, and having talked to a few shot blasters, and paint dippers, it looks like I'm gonna... ...sand the thing by hand! I'm guesstimating it'll be ready some time in the early 2030s. My knees and back are aching just thinking about it. I'll let you...

Really? That bad? There doesn't appear to be any easy answers on this one...