Recent content by willow5

Hello. I am looking for a traditional cut roofer to construct all the trusses and purlings on site for an existing outbuilding (garage) which is taking off the flat roof at 2.5m and raising it into a pitch crown roof with a flat in the centre (4m at the peak). Does anyone know anyone who would...

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I have a set of external rotten wooden shutters that I need to re-make. Does anyone know of any decent joiners that could fabricate this for me using mortise and tenon joints as well as tongue and groove boards. I would tackle this myself but no idea where to start on the mortice and tenon...

Hi - OK so I've moved on a bit since I posted this but still seem to be left with what appears to be adhesive. It seems to be water based as none of the chemical strippers I have tried appear to do anything. So I attach photos of the colour of the water for some clues and also the residue I...

@SeanJ Thanks for your advice. I will use paint stripper and will take heed of your advice for where to buy this :) In terms of course wire wool, please can you point me in the right direction of where to buy this from as the only wire wool I know of is the type for rubbing copper pipe down...

Hi @Chrispy, I tried bleach yesterday and that seemed to have a limited effect. The best results are still with cellulose thinners - haven't yet tried the paint remover but will try and report back soon. Thanks

Thanks Chrispy, will try but I know that the heat gun I used to take off the paint just made this stuff very sticky so I am unsure whether paint stripper will work.

Thanks all - @Harbo, I also tried removing with Meths but no joy and it's the brown stuff I'm trying to remove not the white stuff :D @Chrispy, I am hoping it's not the former and that it will come off with bleach but I have not tried this yet - what do you recommend ? Thank you

Hi - I am new to this forum but have read lost of useful posts so thought I would post something myself :) I wonder if anyone can identify the type of finishing in the attached photo's and help me identify a suitable remover ? I was previously under the impression that this might be old...