C.Ricko Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 have you accidentally stood a saucepan on it? or spilt some coffee as you worked towards it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MauriceMynah Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Tim, I think your wire wool needs sharpening. This is a specialist's job that harks back to the days before the throw away society we now live in. Now the good news. Although it's been many years since I last did it, you are in the company of a fully apprenticed hack saw blade re-toother and wire wool sharpener. Send me your wire wool and for only £25 per metric oz, I'll have it as sharp as the day you sent it to me. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riyadhcrew Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 MM, If I bring my dinner up again 'cause I'm laughing so hard, I will blame it on you. BRILLIANT POST!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadScot Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Eric!!! Please!!! Dinny encourage him! MM aye ok its quite guid. Iain p.s. Perhaps its time MM was entered for BGT Iain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timbo Posted October 28, 2014 Author Share Posted October 28, 2014 Tim, I think your wire wool needs sharpening. This is a specialist's job that harks back to the days before the throw away society we now live in. Now the good news. Although it's been many years since I last did it, you are in the company of a fully apprenticed hack saw blade re-toother and wire wool sharpener. Send me your wire wool and for only £25 per metric oz, I'll have it as sharp as the day you sent it to me. Maurice, shhh... pull that transparent blind down, you fool! Now, play this recording of £10,000, take the money and sew it into the lining of your socks! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrSlU1OJjl8 Have my resharpened wire wool delivered post haste to my château in the Norfolk Alps addressed to Sticky Tim Plinge and mind the wet varnish....and Ta! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mowjo Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 While we're on metalwork anyone know how to clean up Aluminium, on the new beastie the pullpit and windows are all aluminium, they are in quite good condition and just really need a clean, but the previous owners have used mastic everywhere, I've managed to clean most of it of as they masticed over dirt so it didn't stick to well, but there are bit where it's left a skin, I know they do a mastic remover but the one I looked at said not to use on Ali, I thought of wire wool and scotchbright pads but I'm worried these will take the anodising off or scratct the Ali, Anyone got any ideas???? Frank,,,,,, 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timbo Posted October 28, 2014 Author Share Posted October 28, 2014 While we're on metalwork anyone know how to clean up Aluminium, on the new beastie the pullpit and windows are all aluminium, they are in quite good condition and just really need a clean, but the previous owners have used mastic everywhere, I've managed to clean most of it of as they masticed over dirt so it didn't stick to well, but there are bit where it's left a skin, I know they do a mastic remover but the one I looked at said not to use on Ali, I thought of wire wool and scotchbright pads but I'm worried these will take the anodising off or scratct the Ali, Anyone got any ideas???? Frank,,,,,, Arm and Hammer Toothpaste and a microfibre cloth...will not only clean but will polish up your aluminium! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Arm and Hammer Toothpaste and a microfibre cloth...will not only clean but will polish up your aluminium! Soak it in steradent overnight & be done with it, just needs a soft tooth brush worked over it in the morning. Rather than using mastic to rebed it try poligrip.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mowjo Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Tried that Peter! problem was it wouldn't fit in the glass, I pressume you mean Polygrip ultra and not the un-flavoured one for re-bedding??? Thanks Timbo, looks like a trip to the £1 shop,, Frank,,, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Frank, it might be cheaper in the 99p Shop in Commercial Road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MauriceMynah Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 The trouble with using toothpaste is that for it to be really effective you need to do it last thing at night and first thing in the morning. Take the boat to the dentist and get a second opinion. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendel Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 just remember that an anodised surface is usually just a few microns in thickness, I used to work in aluminium double glazing years back and for industrial purposes the anodising was generally only about 20 microns thick, most is even less. generally getting the right solvent should work as the anodised surface is quite resistant to most things other than abrasion. toothpaste is gentle enough though. Grendel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadScot Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 The trouble with using toothpaste is that for it to be really effective you need to do it last thing at night and first thing in the morning. Take the boat to the dentist and get a second opinion. That will be the Hygienist then? Iain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mowjo Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 The price my dentist charges it would be cheaper to replace the Pullpit rails, so i'll give the toothpaste a try, and I've just found a thing on You/Tube about using baking soda, I'm actually more concerned about getting all the silicone off, I have a plan C as well, I was just treating all the wood with Timber preserver and on the can it warns that it disolves silicone sealant so I may try it in an out of the way place where it won't be seen if it kills the Ali, the annoying thing is they have sealed around every window/glass and fitting on the boat, and the leak was coming from four bolts on the roof grabrails and two bolts on the pullpit, I re-tighten them and sealed over them with Tek7 after I cleaned off every bit of silicone I could and no more leaks, Peter! I keep forgetting the 99p shop, luckily since the sex shop went Judi lets me down Commercial Road. Frank,,,, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Peter! I keep forgetting the 99p shop, luckily since the sex shop went Judi lets me down Commercial Road. Frank,,,, Sex shop gone, now it's an E-F*g shop. Says a lot about the good folk of Lowestoft!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timbo Posted October 28, 2014 Author Share Posted October 28, 2014 Peter! I keep forgetting the 99p shop, luckily since the sex shop went Judi lets me down Commercial Road. Frank,,,, Hang on a minute Frank...does this mean at one point Judi let you down Commercial Road...she then discovered the presence of said shop at which point you were barred from traversing said road...consequently said shop has stopped trading? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mowjo Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Timbo! I'm saying nothing but 50p used to go a long way in Commercial Road, sometimes I even came home with change, Frank,,, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Timbo! I'm saying nothing but 50p used to go a long way in Commercial Road, sometimes I even came home with change, Frank,,, Romane, Scots Annie, hard working girls, so I'm told, back in the sixties when ten bob used to pay for a good night out! 2/6p to see the Rolling Stones, 2/6p for a cod & chips, 1/2p for a pint, yes, it was possible to go home with change, or a . . . . . . . . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadScot Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 2/6d for Cod n Chips? Daylight robbery! 1/6d and two fish & chips for that and a 1d pickled onion. Bargain! 15/- a week pocket money then. That's 75p to you young Alan Iain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mowjo Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Oh Dear what have I started??? next it will be Spangles and Palm Toffee, pack of four Domono's 6d anyone,, Frank,,, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranworthbreeze Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 The end of the world started for me when Black Jacks were longer 4 for a penny. Regards Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mowjo Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 What about the fruit salads Alan?? those were the days, Spanish Wood, that Coconut tobacco, 1/4lb of sweets 4d, I think you can still get the Blackjacks in the cake and sweet shop in Lathams, but I think they are about 10p each now,, Frank,,, 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mowjo Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Peter! just a little update on the Withams Varnish, took the new roof panels home to varnish them, three straight coats on new ply! no thinning and I now have to say the Varnish is as good! in fact better than most of the varnishes I've ever used the only one that came close is Le Tonkinois, but it's £21 a litre and needed six coats to get the same results, Withams was £22 for 2.1/2 litres, It seems like it's a hard varnish as I knocked it a couple of times and it never scratched, I know what one I'll be using from now on,, it's a shame you can only pick it up from Withams as I'd think they could do a good trade on the Broads,, Frank,,,,, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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