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Hello Has anyone had any experience with Morrell's paints? Set up is a HVLP running off a compressor with a 1.8MM tip. I'm using Tikkurila at the moment but finding it to be pricey compared to Morrell's, and Morrell's has a much faster drying time. Just wanting to know others past experiences...

Hi all, Up to now I've been using a compressor and a top loader hvlp air sprayer with a 1.8mm tip, I've been getting good results so far and am happy with this, coverage isn't as quick as I'd like as it soon runs out of air but that's for another day. I've had a request to do some spraying in...

Hi, Just a quick one, I've got an island coming up which is about a 1.2m square, I am struggling to find a worktop that is that depth as obviously cabinet dimensions hover around 0.6m. Has anyone ever dominoed 2 lengths of 0.6m worktop along the edges to make them wider? I.e cutting a 3 metre...

Hello, I've got a project coming up with glass fronts on an 18MM backer board, MRMDF. The glass is 6MM mirror, I'm assuming just a shiny sheet on the back (product here: Cut to size 6mm mirror including shapes and cut outs | Made2Measure). Has anyone had experience using an adhesive? As I'm...

So, I've got a cabinet to make for a wardrobe, the current wardrobe has a darkish veneer on, almost mahogony colour. The cabinet I'm making is made from birch ply, and a lipping on the edges to obscure the layered edges. What is the best finish to try match the colour? I've been looking at a...

Hi, hope you all had a very merry Christmas. Do people find there's a mad rush at christmas or people stop accepting quotes? I had about one job a month all the way up to mid November, then it just fell flat. I'm currently getting a lot of my work from MyBuilder, about 4 jobs have come off of...

Hello, Having recently going self employed at the middle of this year, I'm a little underwhelmed at how much I've done, i.e. not enough. I've had around 4 jobs completed and done, 3 of which were from MyBuilder. How long did it take everyone else to build up a constant flow of work? I...

Hi, I'm looking at getting old pine furniture from eBay or freecycle etc and giving it a quick sand and run through the spray booth. Has anyone ever had any luck doing this? I've seen it done before on tv but I'm always skeptical of what they show and how much they 'really made'. Anything for...

Hi, Looking for some advice on the TSO GRS-16 rail square (TSO Products GRS-16 Guide Rail Square). I make a fair amount of wardrobes and am currently outsourcing the cutting, while this works at the moment the time taken to order and pick it up is something that I want to reduce. I was looking...

What's everyone's thoughts on using metal braces on large widths of worktops? I've had a pine top bow on a piece I made about a year ago now. Luckily it is just a personal piece. It's made from 20mm PSE redwood, a width of about 400mm front to back and about a meter wide. It's bowed about 4mm...

Hi, I'm thinking of switching to an airless system for my spraying. I'm growing tired of having to thin down my paint to almost water to get the compressor to pump it out. I mainly use paints such as Tikurilla Helmi, medium base type paint. It would be preferable to not have to thin it down...

Hi, I'm interested in putting some under stairs storage under these cupboards but am a bit cautious of what is lurking behind the drywall. As far as I know it's just stud wall with a small frame at the end on the inside of the cupboard to make the small flat section. Can anyone confirm this or...

Hello, Has anyone used stainless or zinc plated drawer slides externally? I'm planning to make some drawer boxes in an outside unit but aren't sure 'whether' or not they will be ok in outside conditions? No pun intended. Leaning towards the stainless drawer slides to be honest as these seem...

Hi, Bit of an odd one this one. I'm wanting to make a stand for various implements in the garden, drawers etc for cooking utensils and a cutout for a small Argos BBQ. The whole thing is probably going to be made from Sapele milled by myself. For the assembly I was thinking of milling my own...

Hello, Ben looking at some vans and come across a few Astra vans, the lowdown estate type. Anyone had any experience? Can you fit an 8x4 sheet in the back is a main concern. I'm sort of thinking it won't fit but thought I'd ask incase I'm wrong. Cheers, Designer

Hello. Been to see this recently, customer wanted to know if the mould can be removed? The frame with the grey windowsill is the normal, dry window frame. The white windowsill is the bathroom window frame with the mould. Any ideas on how to remove it? Thanks in advance, Designer1

So, been testing a new way of making shaker doors today, basically running a router with a 6MM straight flute cutting bit 60MM away from the edge of the door using a fence to cut out the centre, rebating the back with a cutter at a depth of 9MM for a panel and pushing it in with a small amount...

Hi Got a kitchen job coming up with some new cabinets, will be hiring a kitchen fitter to fit the cabinets for me on my behalf, does anyone have any advice on what mounting brackets to use? I've been swaying more towards the Hafele hidden brackets as they're hidden and look to be very strong...