Feel like an idiot buying Timber at timber yards

[Andy Hall]

Both material types on that site have the real wood as a veneer.

WBP is mainly used for construction purposes (typical of the stuff sold in DIY store) although the ones here not.

The description should tell you. Normally the work "effect", "melamine" or "foil" is used.

There should be a balancing veneer generally. Also the availability of different thicknesses gives a clue. For example 6mm for a cabinet back where you would have the good side facing forwards and the hidden rear side being a cheaper veneer,

[Rob Hamadi]

Try Goodwoods on Junction Road, near Archway. They're a family owned firm, very friendly and (at least last year) will cut to size accurately and free of charge. IIRC delivery is cheap / free depending on spend.

In fact, now that I come to mention them, they're one of the few things I miss since moving out to the sticks.

-- Rob

[Si]

In message , Andy Hall writes

fumes are strong though so needs lots of ventilation while drying

[Stuart Noble]

I thought the Danes were a green lot

[Andy Hall]

Yer kidding. They have (or used to have) power stations burning oily fish industrially. The windmills are just a front.

Besides... what's the use of so called green products if they don't work?

[Stuart Noble]

Oil finishes is probably the one area where solvents don't do much. The oil on its own is a good consistency and doesn't really need thinning for most applications.

[Huge]

You may well ask.

[Andy Hall]

Possibly. I just don't like most water based products for wood finishing.

[Stuart Noble]

Nor do I. Usually dull and cloudy compared to the solvent equivalent, and you can forget sharp colours

[Andy Hall]

Sort of like CFL bulbs really.

All of which goes to prove that the environmental lobby is all about clouded vision and muddled thinking.

[Stuart Noble]

That is almost the definition of any lobby