Home improvement (6 Viewers)

[ernesto]

Got another god damn floor finished this weekend. Need to trim it out but sure all the walls need doin still anyway, soo....

 

[JohnnyRaz]

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Got another god damn floor finished this weekend. Need to trim it out but sure all the walls need doin still anyway, soo....

Laminate laying is one of those ‘superficially simple jobs’ looking good

 

[ernesto]

Laminate laying is one of those ‘superficially simple jobs’ looking good

I still managed to fuck up the start of it and a number of boards in the process.
Stupid non square room was annoying so I kind of ignored it. After we insulate the walls it'll be square anyway

But yeah once you get the knack of it you're flying. And it looks aaaaalright

Here's after I've moved some stuff back in. Nothing is properly unpacked or wired but it's technically a useable space again. Cheapo temporary multi-guitar rack arriving next week

 

[JohnnyRaz]

Time honoured father son making offensive weapons activity here today

 

[magicbastarder]

big giant sequoia (is that a tautology?) bowl on the lathe tonight.
i've yet to come across a lighter, dustier, more brittle wood.

 

[pete]

I just fixed our oven* and didn't kill myself in the process.

* ok it was just a fan element replacement but I had to identify the problem, source a replacement part, make it to the shop before they closed at 2pm, fail to install it because a screw bracket thing was the wrong way round, slightly modify it with pliers, some painful bending, and swearing, fail to install it again because the old screws were too big for the new part, find screws that would work, install it, and then reassemble the oven

 

[magicbastarder]

Sounds like you were in your element.

 

[seanc]

I just fixed our oven* and didn't kill myself in the process.

* ok it was just a fan element replacement but I had to identify the problem, source a replacement part, make it to the shop before they closed at 2pm, fail to install it because a screw bracket thing was the wrong way round, slightly modify it with pliers, some painful bending, and swearing, fail to install it again because the old screws were too big for the new part, find screws that would work, install it, and then reassemble the oven

Doing me out of a job you hero.

 

[GARYXKNIFEDX]

I just fixed our oven* and didn't kill myself in the process.

* ok it was just a fan element replacement but I had to identify the problem, source a replacement part, make it to the shop before they closed at 2pm, fail to install it because a screw bracket thing was the wrong way round, slightly modify it with pliers, some painful bending, and swearing, fail to install it again because the old screws were too big for the new part, find screws that would work, install it, and then reassemble the oven

You didn't get a man in?

 

[pete]

You didn't get a man in?

i did not!

 

[pete]

Doing me out of a job you hero.

i didn't know you were in the half-arsed repair game?

 

[ernesto]

i didn't know you were in the half-arsed repair game?

Oh hello

 

[JohnnyRaz]

The young fella got a close look at @magicbastarder s handiwork today

 

[magicbastarder]

At last, someone who finally understands my work for what it is.

 

[seanc]

Does anyone know anything about this stuff?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/T-Cut-TCC500-Paintwork-Restore-Spray/dp/B00I7J1IBQ/ref=asc_df_B00I7J1IBQ?mcid=705938376bf736a3a9699a7e779f2131&th=1&hvocijid=10262575437699928436-B00I7J1IBQ-&hvexpln=74&tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=696285193871&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=10262575437699928436&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9044966&hvtargid=pla-2281435177618&gad_source=1

It's T-cut metal restorer, if you don't want to click the link.

Got some from work and one guy from yard said it'd be good for polishing the doorknobs etc. He said it in a dismissive sarcastic way. In work we're using it to polish weather-beaten metal things.

Just has anyone ever used it? I'll read the data sheet on the train tomorrow. But personal experience is valuable.

 

[pete]

Does anyone know anything about this stuff?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/T-Cut-TCC500-Paintwork-Restore-Spray/dp/B00I7J1IBQ/ref=asc_df_B00I7J1IBQ?mcid=705938376bf736a3a9699a7e779f2131&th=1&hvocijid=10262575437699928436-B00I7J1IBQ-&hvexpln=74&tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=696285193871&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=10262575437699928436&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9044966&hvtargid=pla-2281435177618&gad_source=1

It's T-cut metal restorer, if you don't want to click the link.

Got some from work and one guy from yard said it'd be good for polishing the doorknobs etc. He said it in a dismissive sarcastic way. In work we're using it to polish weather-beaten metal things.

Just has anyone ever used it? I'll read the data sheet on the train tomorrow. But personal experience is valuable.

All I know is my father in law used to swear by the stuff.

 

[magicbastarder]

Is it like brasso so?

 

[ann post]

my comprehension of it is that it cuts the clearcoat layer on a car - so particularly of you drive an old car that looks like it was found at the bottom of the sea like an 07 van or something, it trims the scuffed clearcoat layer leaving a new shine on it

 

[JohnnyRaz]

my comprehension of it is that it cuts the clearcoat layer on a car - so particularly of you drive an old car that looks like it was found at the bottom of the sea like an 07 van or something, it trims the scuffed clearcoat layer leaving a new shine on it

some class of rubbing compound then?

 

[ernesto]

A cutting compound is what’s used on paint to restore the top coat by finely rubbing the top layer down a bit. You can either polish up the results or clear coat them.
Or if there is still scratches, wet sand @ 3000 grit, failing that, go coarser until it’s gone,
Then sand in different grades all the way up