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>> No. 2073 Anonymous
23rd November 2015
Monday 4:43 pm
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I did a but of D.I.Y gas work today and I need you all to shout at me if I did a bad thing or not so I don't do it again, or reassure me it'll be alreet. I took the 20mm gas regulator valve off of my old SuperSer gas fire which was destroyed when my boiler exploded on Friday (I'll elaborate on this if you're interested) and attached it to my new one, because it had a 21mm valve and didn't fit my blue gas bottle.

I cut the hose just above the valve I was replacing, put the new valve in, reclamped it and reattached the securing bracket. It is as secure as the original fitting as far as I can tell, just a slightly shorter hose now, so I reckon it'll be fine, but there is this niggle I've made a horrible mistake and I'm going to Jihad myself.
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>> No. 2074 Anonymous
23rd November 2015
Monday 7:52 pm
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>>2073
This is one of those situations where no advice is good enough. If you're brave enough to try it, you're brave enough to die in a big blue fire. I hope that doesn't happen lad.

Gas is the only thing I never fuck with. Water, electricity, you can see and know straight away when you've fucked up. Gas is all kinds of wrong when it goes wrong.
>> No. 2075 Anonymous
23rd November 2015
Monday 8:08 pm
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>>2074

You're right, when it goes wrong it goes wrong in style which is probably why I'm nervous. Fuck it, like you said I was brave enough to try it in the first place.

Luckily I've yet to catch even the faintest wiff of gas, and it was essentially remove valve attach new valve levels of simplicity so there isn't much to fuck up.
>> No. 2077 Anonymous
23rd November 2015
Monday 8:47 pm
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The main two possible issues I have is that are you using the correct gas? I.e. you haven't accidentally switched from butane to propane or vice-versa? And also, is the new regulator the same rating as the old one?

I don't think that there's inherently anything wrong with what you've done, but I think it's considered good practice to replace the entire length of hose and the jubilee clips with new ones rather than cutting a bit off and reusing it. Also how tight the clip is can be important, but it's a bit of a dark art getting right, the tighter the better, but too tight and it will start to dig into the hose and damage it.

Also I feel it's worth saying that I'd be much less worried about your DIY repair of it, and more worried about the fire itself.They're just not considered safe enough nowadays to be used inside a house at all.

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>> No. 2031 Anonymous
16th September 2015
Wednesday 12:33 pm
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Lads, I need help. I have serious common sense gaps so there is the real risk I could die through my own stupidity.

My laptop charger just exploded and now none of the plug sockets upstairs work. The downstairs plug sockets and all of the lights are fine. I've tried turning the electricity supply off, but all that did was set the burglar alarm off.
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>> No. 2055 Anonymous
18th September 2015
Friday 7:09 pm
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>>2054

Big electrolytic caps can hold a considerable charge, even with the mains disconnected.
>> No. 2056 Anonymous
18th September 2015
Friday 8:06 pm
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>>2054
>>2053

But much like the public consensus that the lukewarm piss Starbucks serves actually qualifies as coffee, these people were evidently jobbing and sustaining a living, thus rendering the academic validity of their "qualification" rather a moot point.
>> No. 2057 Anonymous
19th September 2015
Saturday 1:46 am
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>>2055
Yes, they can. Can you suggest a situation in which the caps you'd find in a laptop charger could cause an explosion after a few days, though?

>>2056
It isn't academic validity, it's a legal requirement, but anyway this is really not the (minor and unimportant) distinction I was trying to draw. I don't doubt that you encountered some cowboys, but had they been properly qualified sparks they'd not have needed Ohm's law explaining to them, as the qualifications require it as baseline knowledge. (I can tell I'm sounding like a pedantic cunt now, and it wasn't my intention to drag this out, so apologies I suppose.)
>> No. 2058 Anonymous
19th September 2015
Saturday 7:05 am
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>>2057

Tin whiskers. A truly bizarre metallurgical phenomenon causes some metals to sprout microscopic hairs, which can cause short circuits. A shorted electrolytic cap can boil off its electrolyte, causing the cap to suddenly rupture. This is particularly likely if the capacitor is already suffering from internal corrosion and outgassing due to poor chemistry of the electrolyte, a very common issue for cheap Taiwanese and Chinese capacitors. Bad caps can rupture even without a short circuit, although their failure is likely to be less dramatic. A short could also burn out a semiconductor, which is often accompanied by a popping sound and a burning smell.

Tin whiskering became a major problem after the introduction of lead-free solder in 2003. Lead inhibits tin whiskering, so many poor quality lead-free solders are highly prone to whiskering. The best non-lead inhibitors of whiskering are palladium and silver, which are obviously very expensive and often omitted in cheap Chinese solders and electroplated surface finishes. Whiskering and capacitor degradation are accelerated by thermal stress, which is likely to be an issue in a line-lump power supply that lacks ventilation or external heatsinking.

https://www.maximintegrated.com/en/app-notes/index.mvp/id/5250
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague
>> No. 2059 Anonymous
19th September 2015
Saturday 12:27 pm
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>>2058
All interesting stuff, thanks - I think I remember a similar post here before about whiskering. I stand by my initial assessment that "being plugged in and switched off" is not a cause of failure, though (i.e. you'd have the same failure rate whether it was plugged in or not).

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>> No. 1993 Anonymous
7th September 2015
Monday 1:40 pm
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I can't get enough of this chap's videos... Simply brilliant in every way.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P73REgj-3UE
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>> No. 2026 Anonymous
10th September 2015
Thursday 11:36 pm
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>>2025
I'd imagine you'd have a very hard time being an autistic caveman.
>> No. 2027 Anonymous
11th September 2015
Friday 12:15 am
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>>2026
How? I'd assume that they would make the best kind of cavemen.
>> No. 2028 Anonymous
11th September 2015
Friday 12:25 am
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>>2027
I agree. We didn't reach the top of the global food chain by having powerful muscles or sharp claws. We're the autists of the animal kingdom.
>> No. 2029 Anonymous
12th September 2015
Saturday 1:12 am
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>The whole "survivalist," going out in the woods is a male thing. Never ever seen, heard or read about women doing it.
i'm a little bit into this (Bloke here). Done stuff like watched loads of youtube videos on how to make a bow in caveman conditions (and taken archery lessons), bought and read the SAS survival guide, taken archery lessons...my keyring has a flint and scraper on it just in case I'm ever dumped in the wilderness etc.

The Mrs knows I'm into this but she isn't herself. I asked her, "What would you do if the shit hit the fan?" And she said "I'd come and find you and see what you were going to do."

I then asked her "What if I wasn't here, wouldn't you be fucked? You don't know anything about trying to live off your the land and your wits."

She then laughed and said "I'd be fine, I have a vagina." Implying she would just find the nearest man and latch onto him for survival.

Women folks.

It is a pretty damn good vagina though. And she can cook.
>> No. 2030 Anonymous
12th September 2015
Saturday 2:38 am
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>>2029

They make 'em of tougher stuff in Germany.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkEmnjmelo8

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>> No. 1977 Anonymous
31st August 2015
Monday 7:59 pm
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Help me please. I have an infestation of slugs in my bedroom. I live at ground floor, with a small garden in front. Every morning I found mucus trails every goddamn where. I tried putting insecticide, pouring salt all around the window, taking everything even remotely edible out of the room. Nothing goddamn works. No help is coming from the landlord, he's a CENSORED and he does not care about you unless you are a fellow CENSORED.
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>> No. 1985 Anonymous
31st August 2015
Monday 9:43 pm
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>>1984
If his landlord is a Joe then it's a very real possibility.
>> No. 1986 Anonymous
1st September 2015
Tuesday 6:44 am
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>>1984

Not in fetid squalor, but the house is quite damp.
>> No. 1988 Anonymous
1st September 2015
Tuesday 8:51 pm
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>>1977
Lad, I speak as one of the resident vegans which means you need to heed my words carefully and consider the moral context I give you them. POISON THE FUCKERS.

Give no quarter. I too have suffered from a similar plague in a rented house. Your first problem is that the house you're in is damp and that is attracting them. A bottle of poison such as I show here is about £4 from B&Q or other home/garden/DIY store. Spread it about outside your house in the back garden near the doors, windows and near any holes you can find.

Poison is the only way. You'll never win, but you can at least control the problem and stop them breeding, slightly. Salt, copper, all the rest of it is pissing in the wind.
>> No. 1991 Anonymous
2nd September 2015
Wednesday 1:28 am
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>>1981
You lookin' to jive?
>> No. 1992 Anonymous
2nd September 2015
Wednesday 11:35 am
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>>1988

Thanks, mate.

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>> No. 1950 Anonymous
24th August 2015
Monday 8:22 am
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So my toilet seat keeps falling down. I read online that you can remove the screws and move the seat forwards to prevent it happening. I'm not sure that applies to this case. Any ideas?
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>> No. 1972 Anonymous
24th August 2015
Monday 7:29 pm
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>>1971
You got mugged mate. You could have used opentoiletmap.org for free.
>> No. 1973 Anonymous
24th August 2015
Monday 7:29 pm
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Several of my mates have (or in the past have had) toilet seats that don't stay up.

It's a five minute job to permanently fix, vs. having to hold the thing up and stand at a weird angle every single time you take a piss.

It's such an obvious choice, I just don't understand.
>> No. 1974 Anonymous
24th August 2015
Monday 7:43 pm
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>>1973
You need better friends.
>> No. 1975 Anonymous
25th August 2015
Tuesday 1:15 am
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>>1973
>It's such an obvious choice, I just don't understand.

one could say...

They are taking the piss.
>> No. 1976 Anonymous
25th August 2015
Tuesday 5:34 am
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>>1951
>In your case you would take the fixings, turn them 180 degrees so the bit sticking up is at the front, and reattach the seat there.

Ok, I'll try that.

>Or you could just stop leaving the seat up when you're done.
It's not that. It falls down mid-stream as >>1952 alludes to.

>>1973
Would you suggest the same as >>1951

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>> No. 1944 Anonymous
9th August 2015
Sunday 12:13 am
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b60OZhrTB6o

50 quid on ebay.
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>> No. 1945 Anonymous
9th August 2015
Sunday 12:27 am
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That's cool but also totally useless to pretty much everyone who doesn't live in a third world country, warzone, or is Bear Grylls.

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>> No. 1891 Anonymous
30th May 2015
Saturday 4:02 am
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Is it ok to put matt varnish on top of gloss?

I want to save a bit of money by using some gloss varnish that I already have as the first coat and just buy enough matt for the topcoat. Will this work?
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>> No. 1931 Anonymous
22nd July 2015
Wednesday 9:04 am
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>>1891

What are you varnishing, l4d?

But, probably yes. Try it and see.
>> No. 1932 Anonymous
22nd July 2015
Wednesday 9:32 am
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Yes. It usually results in a tougher and more attractive finish than matt varnish alone. It is safest to use the same type of varnish (polyurethane, acrylic etc) for both layers, to reduce the risk of poor adhesion or unwanted chemical reactions.
>> No. 1934 Anonymous
22nd July 2015
Wednesday 2:40 pm
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>>1931
From afar that looks a rather large delicious sandwich.
>> No. 1935 Anonymous
29th July 2015
Wednesday 12:17 am
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>>1931

Chairs and it's gone great.
>> No. 1936 Anonymous
30th July 2015
Thursday 9:14 am
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>>1935

Let's see some pics, then, l4dch5p.

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>> No. 1918 Anonymous
23rd June 2015
Tuesday 10:11 pm
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Is a crack like this anything to worry about?
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>> No. 1926 Anonymous
29th June 2015
Monday 12:50 am
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>>1925

What's stopping you from knocking on their door?
>> No. 1927 Anonymous
29th June 2015
Monday 12:51 am
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>>1926

I don't talk to neighbours only internet people.
>> No. 1928 Anonymous
29th June 2015
Monday 12:52 am
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>>1927
You'd better print out a copy of this thread and post it through their door.
>> No. 1929 Anonymous
29th June 2015
Monday 12:54 am
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>>1927

If you call in a surveyor you'll have to speak to and pay them.
>> No. 1930 Anonymous
29th June 2015
Monday 1:00 am
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>>1929
Not if I wait for the Uber of Surveying to arrive first I won't.

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>> No. 1896 Anonymous
13th June 2015
Saturday 4:02 pm
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How to cover up my pond filter box?

I tried growing ivy over it but that was a disaster. What else could I try?
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>> No. 1911 Anonymous
14th June 2015
Sunday 10:21 pm
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>>1910
Flawless.
>> No. 1914 Anonymous
14th June 2015
Sunday 11:08 pm
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>>1910
What is that? A shed for ants?
>> No. 1915 Anonymous
14th June 2015
Sunday 11:52 pm
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>>1914

It's scaled down to make the pond look larger from the house. Forced perspective innit?
>> No. 1916 Anonymous
15th June 2015
Monday 12:20 am
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>>1910

I'd be disappointed if there weren't some midgets hanging out in there.
>> No. 1917 Anonymous
15th June 2015
Monday 12:57 am
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>> No. 1892 Anonymous
30th May 2015
Saturday 6:27 am
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If I had identified a way to derive smokeless propellant (modern gunpowder) from common antique plastics, would I be liable to prosecution if I ground them into a powder?
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>> No. 1893 Anonymous
30th May 2015
Saturday 12:35 pm
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Nah, but you might lose a hand or two.
>> No. 1894 Anonymous
30th May 2015
Saturday 9:31 pm
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Fi-fi-fo-fum - I smell the ground up plastic of a nascent extremist plot.
>> No. 1895 Anonymous
30th May 2015
Saturday 11:29 pm
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>>1894

She looked better with a fringe. Not 'good', but 'better'.

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>> No. 1871 Anonymous
11th May 2015
Monday 10:28 am
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>> No. 1875 Anonymous
11th May 2015
Monday 2:06 pm
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>>1873
Even if they got the reference, or looked it up on Wikipedia, they might still wonder what this is doing in /uhu, a board for people with DIY-related questions.
>> No. 1876 Anonymous
11th May 2015
Monday 2:17 pm
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>>1875

I'm not sure you get it...
>> No. 1877 Anonymous
11th May 2015
Monday 3:11 pm
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>>1876
... which is probably because you posted it on the wrong board.
>> No. 1889 Anonymous
15th May 2015
Friday 6:41 pm
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Does some cunt fancy explaining the joke, then?
>> No. 1890 Anonymous
15th May 2015
Friday 8:19 pm
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>>1889

I think it's that the OP's song is the theme tune to "The Secret Life of Machines", which was a TV show explaining how machines work.

>>1875 is complaining that modern household machines are mass-produced and have no place on a board about DIY.

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>> No. 1883 Anonymous
13th May 2015
Wednesday 8:37 pm
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How difficult and expensive would it be to build a bike shed like this?
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>> No. 1884 Anonymous
13th May 2015
Wednesday 8:51 pm
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It could cost anywhere from £0 to £500 depending on the quality of wood you require and where you source it from. You could build something using leftover planks by skip-diving and taking a trip to your local tip. Or you could buy nice fresh packs of timber from B&Q, but doing it that way you could probably buy a whole shed for less.

Difficulty would depend on your experience and tools available, but since you had to ask the question I'm going to say it would take you at least a few weekends to finish it (assuming you're aiming for something as well-built as the one in the picture).
>> No. 1885 Anonymous
13th May 2015
Wednesday 9:50 pm
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If you're willing to cheat you can buy one roughly the same for approx £130 - £150 from http://www.shedsworld.co.uk/c/All_Bike_Sheds.htm
>> No. 1886 Anonymous
14th May 2015
Thursday 3:19 pm
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>>1883
Seems really impractical to have a shed where you stack bikes sideways, you'd need to take out a lot to get to the one at the back.
>> No. 1887 Anonymous
14th May 2015
Thursday 3:33 pm
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>>1886
Not if you store them vertically.
>> No. 1888 Anonymous
14th May 2015
Thursday 3:42 pm
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>>1887
Yeah, but from the picture, it appears you can't do that.

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>> No. 1874 Anonymous
11th May 2015
Monday 12:26 pm
1874 Should I put primer on top of a top coat?
I want to paint a door a different colour but I don't want to strip off all the current paint. I was thinking about giving it a light sanding and putting on a layer of primer before putting the new paint on. Will it be necessary to use primer?
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>> No. 1878 Anonymous
11th May 2015
Monday 4:09 pm
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Two threads in one day? /uhu/!!
>> No. 1879 Anonymous
11th May 2015
Monday 7:30 pm
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Yeah just giving it a sand should be fine as long as it doesn't look like shit (peeling etc), you might get away with no primer but I'd put a coat on at least just to give a nicer finish and a base of white to put the new top coat on.
>> No. 1880 Anonymous
12th May 2015
Tuesday 10:50 pm
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>>1879

OK, thanks. I've just sanded and primed it and I'll put the first top coat on tomorrow. I'll post a picture when it's done.
>> No. 1881 Anonymous
12th May 2015
Tuesday 11:04 pm
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>>1880
I hope you've given it a teletext colour scheme.
>> No. 1882 Anonymous
12th May 2015
Tuesday 11:32 pm
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>>1881

Posing next to it wearing a blue suit, neat side parting and soft-faced smile would complete the picture.

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>> No. 1865 Anonymous
9th May 2015
Saturday 12:23 pm
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Does high VOC paint still give of fumes when it's dry?
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>> No. 1866 Anonymous
9th May 2015
Saturday 12:34 pm
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>>1865
When completely dry, no. Takes a while though.
>> No. 1867 Anonymous
9th May 2015
Saturday 5:32 pm
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>>1866

How long to completely dry? Days or months?
>> No. 1868 Anonymous
9th May 2015
Saturday 5:43 pm
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>>1867
Depends on humidity, temperature and amount of sunlight entering the room.
>> No. 1869 Anonymous
10th May 2015
Sunday 12:15 am
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Sniff it in a shed, it's like ayuahusca
>> No. 1870 Anonymous
10th May 2015
Sunday 12:31 am
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>>1869

Lies. Only DMT with an monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI) would produce an ayahuasca-like experience.

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