Bad news; The tin of Evostick in my latest Screwfix order had burst, spreading it's entire contents (250ml) over the remainder of the order.
Good news; Nothing was ruined - it was all in separate bags or in the case of the tubes of silicone, it doesn't matter.
Better news; Screwfix were very apologetic and offered to replace the lot. I just want another tin of Evostick.
Lovely smell when you opened the box?
Exactly the same happened to me with 5 litres of bitumen-based paint. Yum.
David
Marvellous. Almost worth the inconvenience.
Yuck. At least Evostick smells nice (toluene?), sets "dry" and is relatively "clean".
Not as nice a creosote though.
Adam
Not since the EU stopped them.
Could be useful if it glued a few other peoples' parcels on to yours.
My bad news was that the local Screwfix (Livingston) didn't even have the 250mL Evostik in stock the other day - had to go down to Bn'Q.
ScrewFix has become CPC?
About a year ago (I think) I bought a tin of "New Faster Drying Formula" Evostik. The solvent is naptha and there's a teeny-weeny bit of benzene.
Although the smell is OK-ish, it's not a patch on the last tin I bought some 30 years ago, when it was a pleasure (literally) to spread it all over the place. Gluing was fun in those days... :-)
One thing that annoys me about Screwfix is that they don't publish a branch telephone number to check something is in stock. It's one reason I normally order online.
AJH
But you have an address and phone book...
Apropos of nothing at all...do they still make Cascamite? My dad used to use it for everything...
Sorry, I looked...I see they do. Strong exterior grade powdered resin. My dad used to use it for canoe building.
SWMBO heard me mention it and said "it sounds as if it's either a glue, or a diarrhoea cure". I said it would work for either...
I often ring my local depot, since its right at the other end of the towns. I even have a business type card with the number on. I picked it up in store when it opened.
But on checking the 'branch locator' on the web site, it gives the address but no number, neither does the catalouge. Strange.
Ask in store next time you go in.
Perhaps they recruited some of their people?
If you get a catalogue from in store, it will have a sticker with address and phone number.
mark
If I remember rightly the catalyst is something like oxalic acid - no doubt the digestive path produces something that would act the same. Might bung up the whole lot tough!
Rob
That's what I thought...almost as good a cure as car body filler!
That's actually a good pun on the part of your missus. Cascamite sounds like the antidote to cascara, which is a laxative!
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