don't spend time in B&Q
How can anyone turn down special paint to make your wall attractive to magnets? (not in a sexy way....or is it?)
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 14:45, 5 replies, latest was 12 years ago)

WAIT, WHAT?
Oh man, you got me thinking, I want to paint a cupboard door with that AND blackboard paint now.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 14:47, Reply)

that's my plan for my art room

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 15:08, Reply)

what colours can you get it in, though?

EDIT - Just googled it. Does it actually work, though?
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 14:48, Reply)

grey
will tell you when I try it
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 15:08, Reply)

too late, I'm buying some on the way home.
I had three metal noticeboards on my boxed-in fireplace in the kitchen before we refitted it. That strikes me as a genius way to replace that. If it works.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 15:11, Reply)

well you can tell me if it works, then
I have priming and polyfillaing before I get to that
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 15:12, Reply)

I just went to B&Q and spent £26 on some plaster, some brackets, some rawlplugs and two paint rollers.

(Bazongaloid, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 14:51, Reply)

why aren't you working?
Also B&Q is rubbish, as is homebase. I found a local hardware supplier the otehr day and they are a little bit more expensive but so helpful and friendly it's worth it
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 14:56, Reply)

I went on my lunch break.
And B&Q may be rubbish if you need advice, but if all you need is a small tub of pre-mix plaster, some rawlplugs, some brackets and a couple of paint rollers, then they are perfectly adequate. They often have good deals on power tools too. Though I need to find somewhere to repair my belt sander.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 14:58, Reply)

i do understand that and I do still shop there
but it was nice to have a personal and helpful shopping experience for once!
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 14:59, Reply)

Hmmm, the part I need will cost me about £25.
should I risk taking a £200 power tool apart myself or should I just take it somewhere and pay someone else some money to repair it?
(Bazongaloid, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 15:00, Reply)

what part is broken?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 15:01, Reply)

The drive shaft.
www.powertoolspares.com/tool/dewalt/spares-and-accessories-for-dw433-belt-sander/dw433type1/spares/

No. 55 on this diagram

The problem is that you need to dismantle pretty much the entire sander to be able to replace it.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 15:04, Reply)

seems like something that shpould be covered by warrenty?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 15:12, Reply)

It happened over a year since I bought it
and it was my own fault for leaving a belt fully tensioned and caked in dust and then just trying to use the sander without loosening it first.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 15:23, Reply)

You haven't shown off some photos on here of your place in a little while.
PHOTOS PLEASE
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 14:53, Reply)

I've not done much for a while
currently the art room is going for crackhouse chic
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 15:09, Reply)

talking DIY
where could I get something to form a high sided tray about 1m x 1m? I'm trying to turn the guinea pig run into a bigger guinea pig house
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 15:14, Reply)

probably a garden centre
must be some kind of planter in those rough dimensions
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 15:15, Reply)

I found a raised bed thing, but they have no base
and other things are a bit easy to crack
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 15:15, Reply)

you should just eat them, then you wouldn't need to bother

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 15:17, Reply)