Home DIY

Anyone know what this stuff is? Slightly foamy, leaves an imprint when you press a fingernail in to it. Was behind where the fridge was. Leave in place or put on a mask and break it out?

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Ahh nice one. I'll take it off then

Edit: weird, they're actually ceramic, but had paper and paint over the top which was causing the squishy-ness

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Danish oil.

I was thinking of oiling ting first, then whacking on a harder wearing wax.

I have a tin of Liberon danish oil, and am picking up a tin of Liberon hard wax oil.

I have a mouse sander you could borrow, but I'm way out West

shortcuts and bodges

They're abundant.

'Ragno' - not nice and not pricey

Liberon hard wax oil.

saucy.

Thnks but I'm going to nick @stevo_com's at some point in the next 2 weeks hopefully, before shared parental leave gets too serious..

measure the gap too and I'll try to knock you up a sanding block too

about this big?

-_-

Has anyone here ever resurfaced a bath? Is it in any way worth the faff?

Many times, just remember to keep your nose plugged until you're above water level.

I've gone as far as sanding them with 400grit with a rotary sander, then machine cutting paste and finishing paste. It works but there's a limit to how many times you'll want to do it.

I've seen the you tube videos of guys smothering baths in enamel or similar and letting it dry to great effect but I think close examination would reveal a lot of issues. Maybe not but it looks a bit like tv diy show work.

Or mixed?

Salted! Who the fuck has sweet?!

Jesus

OK, I asked this in the owning your own home thread, but perhaps here is a better place. I'm going to put up some shelves in a utility cupboard and looking for a reasonably cheap but decent and functional/strong made to measure shelves. Looks like there's a few options online, but wondering if anyone had any recommendations on decent suppliers?

This is what I've used in my under the stairs/storage cupboard:

http://www.screwfix.com/p/hi-load-bracket-120kg-white-250-x-250mm-10-pack/34119 (or similar)

And some cut to length of conti board from your local wood shop.

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Sorted :) thanks for the advice. To my amazement this worked.

In other news my kitchen walls and ceiling are now brown and flat, too dark for a photo and I didn't do it myself anyway so CSB.

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More wooden kitchen counter top fun.

I've had to replace a leaky tap, which, it would appear, has been leaking for some time - The hole drilled through the wood is full of rot, and any new tap will no longer fit flush.

Is there a quick & dirty way to fix it?

If it was a bike, I'd shim the hell out of it.

I need some some sort of gasket / brace to square the tap against, but can't think of what I should look for in a DIY shop.

Did one of these recently for a builder friend who was in trouble. I used a hole saw with a device that allows you to place a hole saw of the correct size in the existing hole and use it to guide a larger hole saw. Cut the larger hole 5mm down to fit the tap base and dropped it in.

Horrible bodge but you could use a version of the method to cut a clean hole and then plug it with a closely matching wood and drill that plug for the tap. Or fill it with something like repair care (or another epoxy resin designed for rotten wood). That could leave you with some decorative issues but it will never rot!

I think these are all probably beyond my capability for making a decent hash of it, I fear.

I'm going to try a few shim washers as a quick and easy bodge.

Not that I'll be able to use the tap yet - they used copper tails, one of which is corroded to the old tap, and the pipework is about too far away to use the tails that came with the new tap.