I have painted a few oak staircases in my time and hundreds of hardwood doors my 1st choice is Osmo oil which I always apply with a 2 or 3-inch purdy pro extra synthetic brush leaves a perfect finish and is a joy to use I am a professional paperhanger and decorator for over 40 years now the only...
lookup Diatomaceous earth is quite cheap for a large bag it will solve your slug problem and won't hurt your plants or animals also beer traps are quite good unless you've drank all you beer
I tend to buy the plastic screw boxes, Stanley or Dewalt, with different compartments from Screwfix when there on offer I get all my screws from them too but only when they are on offer I use Dewalt drills and Makita nail gun got those on offer too but my jigsaw is a McPherson's cheap only was...
Chinese chisels picked 4 sizes just over £20 2 years now steel is good hardly worn use the 1 1/2 inch a lot too see them in my member picture that was my old little shop also magnets from Lidl to hold small and medium tools really strong magnets I aam always now picking up chisels from car boots...
Hi Steff
If you do decide to go with it for now I would stay away from using MDF or OSB both are a nightmare if they get wet MDF especially it just blows out, plywood even tho quite dear now is pretty resilient to a lot of grief and will last you a lot longer on the electrics I did all mine...