Sparkey's DIY Corner
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Ah! So you do know her!Your nurse Clingo?
Olga from the Volga?
Up and at 'em. Simples!!!
BT told me about her. He has a bit of a surgical glove fetish apparently. Never met the lady myself.
Is BT aware of where the gloves have been? I hope she doesn't visit him after she's seen to me! Or worse, vive versa
My plunger is always out and my power driver on full charge thank you.
Yesterday's task was quite heartbreaking as it involved some work done on the love of my life - my X5. Caught the curb parking in the local Co-op store and scuffed my front offside alloy. You try to park away from everyone to avoid getting your doors dinged by thoughtless idiots parking next to you and then you hit a bloody curb.
Not too bad but it had flaked off the clear lacquer coat and gone through to scratch the metal. Now the problem is these wheels are bright diamond cut and not silver coated paint/lacquer like most alloys. You just can't rub it down, repaint and lacquer. Could send it away for re-cutting but with no spare wheel (runflat tyre system) I'd have the vehicle off road for a few days - and anyway, knowing me, I'd get it done, go out and scuff it again...
So bought a can of clear wheel lacquer and set to tackle it. Didn't enjoy it one bit but TFFT, several hours of wet and dry paper, T-cut and frayed nerves later the result in the end was more than acceptable.
I'll be choosing another parking spot in the Co-op from now on and probably get my doors dinged.
It's the main reason I don't run expensive cars. If they get a scratch or a dint, I don't mind. And between driving across fields (current motor is an Audi A4 so not really designed for off road) and down farm tracks with dogs / fishing equipment / horse stuff, other farm type stuff, they get a bit of wear and tear. When I'm working for a client, parking in their car parks, I sometimes get it washed so it doesn't stand out too much.My plunger is always out and my power driver on full charge thank you.
Yesterday's task was quite heartbreaking as it involved some work done on the love of my life - my X5. Caught the curb parking in the local Co-op store and scuffed my front offside alloy. You try to park away from everyone to avoid getting your doors dinged by thoughtless idiots parking next to you and then you hit a bloody curb.
Not too bad but it had flaked off the clear lacquer coat and gone through to scratch the metal. Now the problem is these wheels are bright diamond cut and not silver coated paint/lacquer like most alloys. You just can't rub it down, repaint and lacquer. Could send it away for re-cutting but with no spare wheel (runflat tyre system) I'd have the vehicle off road for a few days - and anyway, knowing me, I'd get it done, go out and scuff it again...
So bought a can of clear wheel lacquer and set to tackle it. Didn't enjoy it one bit but TFFT, several hours of wet and dry paper, T-cut and frayed nerves later the result in the end was more than acceptable.
I'll be choosing another parking spot in the Co-op from now on and probably get my doors dinged.
Last wheel repairs I did were on the 38 inch rims on the back of a Massey Ferguson. No worries about where I park that.
Next odd jobs at home is to take down some curtain poles and associated paraphernalia, fill the screw holes and touch up the paint work.
Mrs has a long list of odd jobs around the house so I can earn my brownie points to go fishing now the weather is picking up.
So, X5 - is that a car?
Sort of.
It's similar to an Xbox 1 and a PS4, but it moves and can be a real weapon instead of imaginary - you can bully people in real life instead of on a screen.
Ah I see. So like an actual Sega Mega Drive?Sort of.
It's similar to an Xbox 1 and a PS4, but it moves and can be a real weapon instead of imaginary - you can bully people in real life instead of on a screen.
Probably a bit quicker than mine though.
32 gears and a top speed of 28mph.
I am sure we would all like to see a picture of the repaired wheel so we can be the judge if the end result was more than acceptable, acceptable, or unacceptable
I am sure we would all like to see a picture of the repaired wheel so we can be the judge if the end result was more than acceptable, acceptable, or unacceptable
Trying to put me on the spot eh pal!
To me it's very acceptable (it really is good). You've really got to look hard for it and all the more because it probably saved me a couple of hundred quid plus the inconvenience.
OK guys - no football (yet) and not a lot to talk about, so back on the DIY thread.
Lovely day yesterday on the "Riviera", and looks like the same today so planning on working outside. Patios are bloody green with algae etc after this damp winter. Pavior bock drive looks OK, just few bits and pieces of grass shoots etc in the joints easily remedied. Will probably re-seal it once it's completely dried out in the summer but that's a job for later - never (never!) attempt it if at all damp or the acrylic sealant will cure milky rather than clear.
Don't bother with the pressure washer on the patios these days - not since Pandy as a target passed away. Much easier to kill off the patio algae and other organic matter once a year than to try to blast it away with the K'Archer. You can pay a lot of money for branded "cleaners" but basically they're all the same and pretty basic stuff - hypochlorite. Nipped into Bridgend and picked up a couple of 20 litre jacks from an agricultural supplier - that'll last me for a few years.
It's the stuff dairy farmers use to sterilise their milking equipment and holding tanks. It kills all protein based organisms stone dead. For gawd's sake keep it away from your plants and fishponds etc - it'll kill anything organic on sight! Knock it down 1 to 1 with water and just brush it on with a synthetic (nylon) sweeping brush. Don't use a natural bristle brush because it'll rot the bristles away in no time. No need to scrub or work hard at it. Leave it dry out and the slabs will come back to their original colour - magic.
As Captain Lawrence Oates once said - I'm just going outside and I may be some time.
Lovely day yesterday on the "Riviera", and looks like the same today so planning on working outside. Patios are bloody green with algae etc after this damp winter. Pavior bock drive looks OK, just few bits and pieces of grass shoots etc in the joints easily remedied. Will probably re-seal it once it's completely dried out in the summer but that's a job for later - never (never!) attempt it if at all damp or the acrylic sealant will cure milky rather than clear.
Don't bother with the pressure washer on the patios these days - not since Pandy as a target passed away. Much easier to kill off the patio algae and other organic matter once a year than to try to blast it away with the K'Archer. You can pay a lot of money for branded "cleaners" but basically they're all the same and pretty basic stuff - hypochlorite. Nipped into Bridgend and picked up a couple of 20 litre jacks from an agricultural supplier - that'll last me for a few years.
It's the stuff dairy farmers use to sterilise their milking equipment and holding tanks. It kills all protein based organisms stone dead. For gawd's sake keep it away from your plants and fishponds etc - it'll kill anything organic on sight! Knock it down 1 to 1 with water and just brush it on with a synthetic (nylon) sweeping brush. Don't use a natural bristle brush because it'll rot the bristles away in no time. No need to scrub or work hard at it. Leave it dry out and the slabs will come back to their original colour - magic.
As Captain Lawrence Oates once said - I'm just going outside and I may be some time.