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I am an accidental Landlord too. Thoroughly recommend the Numatic George GVE370 (?). Its wet and dry, compact, loads of accessories, spare parts availability seems good. I've had it for nearly 15 years. Attach it to tools for dust extraction, washing carpets etc. It is robust, had a few tumbles...

Thanks all. I did send a message to Fiddes. The reply was quick and comprehensive but, naturally, they were not in a position to recommend anything risky or outside their main directions on application.

Hi all, All at sea, here, any help appreciated. I have nearly 60m2 of Engineered oak flooring. It was installed in 2010. It is brushed and oiled. On installation, I followed advice to give the floor an application of WOCA Maintenance Oil. I have to refresh it, it is in a bit of a miserable...

Thank you. This is getting dire, I have LOADS of Osmo oil and Osmo treated products at home. Thankfully they are mostly interior. Talk about getting sold on advertisements! :o

I think your experiment successfully demonstrates issues with edge-film thicknesses. If the edges are sharp, the coating tends to pull back from them leaving the vulnerable to what its being tested against. Speaks volumes for leaving a radius or knocking off the edges with a piece of sand paper...

Than you guys. I will look into sharpening myself - when I find a suitable, cheap victim. My current sets are Marbles, Woden, Stanley-bailey and a Spear and Jackson Tenn. I think it would be sacrilege to unleash a chimp like me on them. I will call Lancashire Saws fir a chat. I spoke to a lad...

Hi all new to woodwork but definitely sold on hand tool work. I am building a tool set. problem is I am not confident about sharpening anything more than a pencil. Can you suggest handbook sharpeners in Lancashire or Manchester to sort my old saws and planes please?