If Britain leaves the EU, does that mean we can have back our white oil based paint that doesn't yellow? And can we get rid of that bloody awful and potentially dangerous Edison Screw system?
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Brexit - can we have back our white oil based paint that doesn't yellow?
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And proper Nitromors that behaves like napalm?
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And real creosote? And....and....and.....
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Only if you can persuade Ikea not to sell it
I know of nowhere else with any noticeable market share that sells them
tim
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B&Q. They sell BC too, but the range is noticeably smaller.
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How odd. Never ever had any white oil paint that didn't yellow. Ever. And I've been painting things for 50 years.
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I think in the case of ES, they were around a long time before the eu. I just think its choice. I can still apparently get bc, but how is that any safer, stick a finger into a live bc socket as a test.
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New ones come with a switch in them Brian, so the contacts only become live when there's a bulb present.
Not sure if it's a mandatory requirement - most places seem to stock them with and without.
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ICBA to read all the posts, but at least we are left with all our phones and tablets using the same charger.
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Christ Dave, you been painting things for 50 years and still not finished? Try dipping the paintbrush in the tin, why don't you?
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According to the Dulux, this was a short term problem, which was corrected by a change in formulation in 2011.
I prefer it to bayonet. I've never had an ES lamp glass break free from its base because the contact pins have indented into the solder on the lamp and stopped the base from turning.
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I think that happened to me once about 50 years ago.
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"Nightjar "
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B&Q for one. They're pretty common.
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They are the standard in the USA and have been for around 100 years.
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On 26/09/2015 18:55, Nightjar
I had an ES bulb unscrew from its base the other day.
Annoyingly it was a working bulb I was stealing as a temporary measure to put somewhere more important :(
Andy