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PVA glue

A Youtuber claims to use PVA and superglue together. Lay down the PVA and then add superglue, Brting the joint together...
9 comments posted 7yrs
posted by tpmccann
9 comments posted 7yrs posted by tpmccann

Electrical contact cleaners

Does anyone have a favourite product for terminals in battery boxes for normal AA cells, etc? When I was a kid, my fath...
5 comments posted 7yrs
posted by newshound
5 comments posted 7yrs posted by newshound

13amp plug with micro usb

What I would like is a through plug, so that I can still connect another mains device. I find plenty on the net price v...
11 comments posted 7yrs
posted by messageboards
11 comments posted 7yrs posted by messageboards

Does anyone know what these grips are called?

We were in Italy over the new year visiting in-laws. They are retired farmers, and there are interesting mountains of t...
32 comments posted 7yrs
posted by no
32 comments posted 7yrs posted by no

We also need to stop making

We also need to stop making flu shots and MMR vaccines. It's a kind of "congestion pricing".
0 comments posted 7yrs
posted by davidp
0 comments posted 7yrs posted by davidp

Help needed - plaster / filler

Looking for help. I have about 8 holes like the images and had various recommendations. This is what looks like plaster...
5 comments posted 7yrs
posted by Shaun
5 comments posted 7yrs posted by Shaun

colour matched paint

Went into a store (I won't name it because it mighty not be the store's fault, could be a generic problem with this pro...
8 comments posted 7yrs
posted by tims_new_home
8 comments posted 7yrs posted by tims_new_home

Apprentice and Hex keys

Third year apprentice (one of the best we have had) was having trouble putting the meter tails into the mains isolator...
113 comments posted 7yrs
posted by adamwadsworth
113 comments posted 7yrs posted by adamwadsworth

Resin 'paving'.

I fancy doing some paving at the back of our house to replace some poorly laid concrete. There are a couple of manholes...
29 comments posted 7yrs
posted by rsandr
29 comments posted 7yrs posted by rsandr

Schuko socket (further difficulty)

The electrician fitted the Schuko socket but put the live to the left. Not that it matters, but I decided it would be a...
12 comments posted 7yrs
posted by newsgroups
12 comments posted 7yrs posted by newsgroups

OT: Bloody Royal Mail

So, you buy a 1st class large letter stamp - this can be used to send a large letter? No. Not any more. Now we have 4 d...
183 comments posted 7yrs
posted by CFKinsey
183 comments posted 7yrs posted by CFKinsey

chips

Why are chip shop chips so horrible? They are soft and squashy; no crispness, and the potato doesn't taste right. Are t...
57 comments posted 7yrs
posted by wrightsaerials
57 comments posted 7yrs posted by wrightsaerials

moss and soil and a gravel drive

Well, it isn't really gravel. It's limestone, mostly one inch lumps. The limestone is a couple of inches deep, then the...
22 comments posted 7yrs
posted by wrightsaerials
22 comments posted 7yrs posted by wrightsaerials

OT: Fetching gmails into Thunderbird

Hello I use Thunderbird to fetch, store and reply to my BT emails and I would quite like to handle my gmail emails in t...
18 comments posted 7yrs
posted by Andrew97d-junk
18 comments posted 7yrs posted by Andrew97d-junk