Search results

  1. S

    My experiance with Dulux

    I had a post a while back regarding my dulux gloss (oil based) yellowing within a week so on the advice of my local dulux decorator center i switched to satin wood (oil based) which also desided to yellow. After a few phone calls to dulux i recieved a voucher for Sikkens rubbol BL satura. I took...
  2. S

    work equipment and ppe

    Legaly im not sure, but in my personal oppinion if i had to buy my own tools to carry out/ keep my job i would, as id rather have a job to go to than have nothing atal. Also i have found that if you buy your own equipment you tend to look after it more. This is only my oppinion but i know i...
  3. S

    Water based over oil based continued

    Got the Sikkens...... and i have just applied it to one side of a door to test it out and i must say i do like it...... you really do have the play of an oil based paint, is alot easier to apply than the dulux acrylic primer also..... i have just applied it to one door so i havent exectly got...
  4. S

    Water based over oil based continued

    dcdec, the guy in the dulux decorater center was bullshitting, sikkens satura bl is not discontinued, the guy at the head office couldnt understand why he said that to me, so he called him himself and now the paint im ment to be getting will be here tomorow or Thur. Couldnt complain about the...
  5. S

    Water based over oil based continued

    I am fumming again because of dulux again...... why give me a paint for external use, why state a satin finish on the tin and a gloss finnish online........ all the woodwork is primed up ready for a top coat of satura BL and i get something compleatly different...... delay delay delay!!!!
  6. S

    Water based over oil based continued

    Looking on the sikkens website, the number to contact them on is the same number i have to contact ICI paints, ( i know its the same company) it will be the same dep ill be calling
  7. S

    Water based over oil based continued

    Yea same guy that told me that yes, i am contacting dulux tomorow and if they tell me its not discontinued i shall be getting them to contact the branch i am using as i am fed up with them to be honest.
  8. S

    Water based over oil based continued

    I can find it on many websites for sale but thats not to say its not stock that they still have, really i want to find out if the guy at the dulux center is fibbing and if he is.... why.... and why has he given me this as an alternative..... Also this is odd..... on the sikkens website it...
  9. S

    Water based over oil based continued

    Previous thread was locked due to going off topic. dc dec i have a question for you, i collected my paint at 4.45 this afternoon to find out that, Sikkens rubbol satura BL has been discontinued aparantly, so the guy in the Dulux center has told me. instead he has given me Sikkens Cetol BL...
  10. S

    Painting over oil based with water based

    sounds good dcdec, im shatterd like, i have sanded all the hall and wet/ dry sanded both sides of 5 doors, 2 more doors to do tomorow then i can paint for a bit...... sikkens bl arrives monday so ill get all the prep done in the mean time so i can get the house back to some normality.
  11. S

    Painting over oil based with water based

    RMS, the reason the inside of a cupboard yellows quicker is because there is no/ less UV light (Sun/ daylight) keeping the paint nice and white. To provent this use water based. well i will get a start to applying the water based primer tomorow as i have just sat down from sanding since this...
  12. S

    Painting over oil based with water based

    Thank you very much dc dec, i think i have come to the conclusion also never to go near oil based again.... dulux oil based anyway, i plan to apply an acrylic undercoat then apply the satura and hopefully i will have the finnish i am looking for. The satura arrvies on Monday so time will tell, i...
  13. S

    Painting over oil based with water based

    I have decided to stear clear of oil based at the moment as it has compleatly ruined the two rooms i have done. I have been offered a tin of sikkens rubbol satura BL (water based), after speaking to a few painters they have suggested i should apply a acrylic undercoat before i apply the...
  14. S

    Painting over oil based with water based

    hi there, I am not by any means a profesional painter but i like to have a go at all trades, being in the trade myself, im an electrician. I have been having massive problems with Dulux the past few months with there oil based paints. I am painting my skirtings/ facings and they are now...
  15. S

    DOWN LIGHTERS

    The best i can think of is fire hoods..... they will protect from fire but will do next to nothing for insulation now its all finished..... so to be honest there is nothing you can do to insulate now unless you rip the celing down...... and if it was to be insulated you may have more problems...
  16. S

    Rented house dodgy wiring help

    a fan isolator switch looks like this.... http://www.screwfix.com/prods/65840/Electrical-Supplies/Switches-Sockets/White-Moulded/Volex-Range/Volex-6A-Fan-Isolator-Switch?cm_mmc=GoogleBase-_-Datafeed-_-Electrical%20Supplies-_-Volex%206A%20Fan%20Isolator%20Switch Depending on the make but...
  17. S

    Rented house dodgy wiring help

    1- The fan may have a humidity sensor fitted or it may have the facility on it that makes it a trickle fan also... which would make it run all the time, BUT the fan must have local isolation for repair or maintanance, this is done with a fan isolator located just outside the bathroom. 2&3-...
  18. S

    Zanussi Washing Machine fault

    http://www.ukwhitegoods.co.uk/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=58100&sid=98eeefa6c27b24e6de760842674d6685 I have just been given a link on an electrical forum i am on and this seems to be relavent to my problem.
  19. S

    Zanussi Washing Machine fault

    Hi there i am new to this forum and i am after a little advice if possible. I have a Zanussi washing machine, Part no ZWF12070W1 We have had it for a little over a year and had no problems what so ever, apart from the last few weeks, we use the same cycle all the time (dont know why it is...
Back
Top