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Cleaning block paving

I've used my Karcher K2.59 pressure washer (1300 psi) with the high pressure lance on some red/brown and beige block pa...
18 comments posted 8yrs
posted by news
18 comments posted 8yrs posted by news

YT: Cheap Photos From an Inkjet printer!?

For those of ye lookin at running costs... Techmoan's Epson ET 7700 Ecotank review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMIl4...
16 comments posted 8yrs
posted by email
16 comments posted 8yrs posted by email

Replacing wall hung pan with a different brand

We have a wall hung toilet pan that has cracked. The design of the pan has irritated me from the first day I used it. I...
6 comments posted 8yrs
posted by tim.downie
6 comments posted 8yrs posted by tim.downie

Dishwasher detergent

Far fewer problems with liquid detergent but doesn't clean the dishes as well
23 comments posted 8yrs
posted by David Godfrey
23 comments posted 8yrs posted by David Godfrey

External CD/DVD drive

A friend has a need for a high speed external drive to read CD's as fast as possible. It plugs into a Raspberry Pi base...
37 comments posted 8yrs
posted by Billaboard
37 comments posted 8yrs posted by Billaboard

Sprayer for textured exterior wall paint

We have opened the ancient barrel of "touch up" textured exterior wall paint from Wallshield and it is still viable. St...
3 comments posted 8yrs
posted by wibble
3 comments posted 8yrs posted by wibble

Carbon fibre to metal end cap adhesive?

A friend who fishes local lakes, dropped round with an expensive telescopic carbon fibre catch net, where the net part...
5 comments posted 8yrs
posted by harry.m1byt
5 comments posted 8yrs posted by harry.m1byt

Cleaning question

Beerline cleaner is sodium hydroxide, nonfoaming detergent & a little hypochlorite. What can one clean with this stuff a...
6 comments posted 8yrs
posted by tabbypurr
6 comments posted 8yrs posted by tabbypurr

Has Bostic contact adhesive changed >?

Went out to buy another 250ml tin yesterday and paid £5.99 for it. When I got home I noticed that the previous tin stil...
5 comments posted 8yrs
posted by Andrew97d-junk
5 comments posted 8yrs posted by Andrew97d-junk

Glue to fix plastic spatula head to metal arm?

I've got some really nice tongs for use with the frying pan - springy metal (steel?) handle with two small spatula styl...
7 comments posted 8yrs
posted by wibble
7 comments posted 8yrs posted by wibble

Cooker hood - Proline, Tecnik?

Managed to buy a cheap used cooker hood recently, labelled inside Proline FCC/2002. Hood uses a large fan with two clip...
18 comments posted 8yrs
posted by News
18 comments posted 8yrs posted by News

Came across this. Interesting.

I've heard most of this before but some new stuff. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-5813595/How-toxic-bedroom.h...
9 comments posted 8yrs
posted by harry130747
9 comments posted 8yrs posted by harry130747

OT: London Hotel fire

Quote from a not-too reliable source (DM) "He said the builders on the roof had been cutting materials and doing other...
3 comments posted 8yrs
posted by Andrew97d-junk
3 comments posted 8yrs posted by Andrew97d-junk