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Does your car paintwork feel like sandpaper? 7 Aug 2013 | 12:35 pm
And look like this? This paintwork is coated with tiny spots of tar and rust that’s difficult to see from 3m away. How to remove tar spots and rust spots from your car paintwork If your car is a fe...
Raised vegetable beds made from pallet wood 30 Jul 2013 | 02:24 pm
Growing your own veg in raised beds is all the rage these days, but for us it was a necessity due to the monstrous slugs we get here in Norway. I’d like to see them try to get into these raised beds! ...
How to remove stuck paint tin lids 29 Jul 2013 | 02:40 pm
With a pair of needle nose pliers We all like to keep leftover paint after a painting project for those ‘just in case’ moments and touch-ups; the problem is that years might pass before you need them...
Paint preparation anyone? 13 Jun 2013 | 01:32 pm
Every paint manufacturer recommends that prior to applying new paint you thoroughly prepare the old paintwork by cleaning and then sanding to provide a ‘key’. But most people seem to think you don’t ...
Paint preparation anyone? 13 Jun 2013 | 01:32 pm
Every paint manufacturer recommends that prior to applying new paint you thoroughly prepare the old paintwork by cleaning and then sanding to provide a ‘key’. But most people seem to think you don’t n...
Upcycling a hundred year old window… into a balcony greenhouse! 8 Jun 2013 | 07:24 pm
Part 1: Take one very old window… I saw a picture of this window after trawling the local “stuff for sale” website and immediately saw a project which would turn it into a great little hot-house for o...
LED lamp out of old bottle 19 Apr 2013 | 02:41 am
Make this Cool LED lamp just by drilling a single hole. How to make a cool lamp with a wine bottle and a cheap set of battery-powered LED string lights. First take a nice shaped bottle, it can be any ...
Snippets from the book… 11 Apr 2013 | 02:18 pm
Since I am getting close to finishing the book it’s time to start sharing some of it… let me know what you think in the comments…… Always be finishing something… Allocate the right amount of time for ...
Upgrading an Ikea Billy Bookcase 4 Mar 2013 | 04:49 am
After being suitably inspired by stuff on pintrest.com and wanting a project that would free up some valuable bookshelf space. I decided to use up some of the old ‘trashy’ paperbacks I have cluttering...
DIY Patent application in the UK… 30 Dec 2012 | 06:18 pm
With some trepidation I opened a letter from the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) yesterday. I say trepidation because the last two letters I received from them requested mind bendingly difficu...