What has happened to my favourite paint stripper?

What has happened to my favourite paint stripper?

Recently I purchased my regular Nitromors paint stripper, and when I opened the can, I found that the stripper was coloured green well if that wasn’t bad enough the smell was even worse.

And when I applied the stripper to the old polished surface, I found that the stripper was extremely runny, and seemed to dry out much quicker than I had experienced before.

Also, I had to apply much more stripper, to be able to achieve the same result that I used to with only two coats before.

And the size of the can had become much smaller instead to 5 litres it was now only a 4 litre can.

Together, with the fact that the price with Vat was £61.55p.

 I thought that I had been robbed.

After much debate, I decided I would phone the manufactures and complain as I was just not happy.

I was told that “Due to EU regulations the formula had to be changed”

Well from my experience, now the product is not fit for purpose.

Without prejudice;

This is only my opinion and in no way a reflection upon the Company, its products or their employees.

I was not offered any kind of what I call good customer service, no offer of another can to try out or perhaps a suggestion of another one of their range of strippers no “Just I am sorry” not good enough for me.

I used to recommend their products, but that will now cease and furthermore, I will not buy any Nitromors products again.

Perhaps I am old fashioned, but I think that good customer satisfaction is very important should you wish to stay in business.

What do you think?  Let me know as always feedback is very welcome.

Music Gadget

Welcome,

No not this Music player!

                                                                    

I hope that you like my new music gadget? 

I just love music, and sometimes when I am reading I find it very relaxing to listen to some nice music.

Therefore, I have decided upon classical music after much debate, as I find that most people either like or grow to like this music.  

This gadget is very easy to use, should you would wish to listen to music whilst viewing my Blog, all you have to do is just click on the MP3 player and the music will start.

You can adjust the volume by pointing on the volume speaker icon and using the slider up or down this will determine your own volume level.

Should you wish to stop the music at any time just use your mouse pointer and click on the stop button.

You can scroll down the list of music, and find a tune that you might like then click on your choice and that tune will then play.

I hope that you will enjoy this feature if you do? Or don’t? Just let me know.

As always feedback is very welcome.

Thank you.

What glue to use?

What glue to use?

A brief guide;

This is something I often ask myself, well it depends upon what you are going to require from your glue.

For instance, if you are going to repair a very valuable Violin then you will have to consider that someday in the future, you might have to back engineer your Violin again.

In this case, you must use a glue that can be re-softened such as animal glue.

This will soften with hot water gently worked into the joints that will then soon start to come apart.

However, if you were to use wood PVA glue you would have great difficulty in separating any joints and would most likely damage your Violin. 

Well, I do not repair Violins so I don’t have to worry about that. 

However, I sometimes have to carry out repairs on Furniture, such as loose joints in Chair legs etc.

For this kind of repair I use wood PVA glue, as I find that it gives me enough time to be able to clamp up all the joints unlike fast drying glues.

And for joints that are loose fitting, I like to use glue called Gorilla glue.

As this glue has a very strong bond, and as it expands within the joint which makes for a very tough repair, and when dry the excess glue has to be cleaned off with a sharp chisel.

When using Gorilla glue you have to apply the glue to one side of the joint and wet the other side with a mist of water, then clamp together and when dry you will not be able to separate the joint.

Glue should I think be suitable for its purpose.

 If you use glue for repairing Boats then you would need to purchase exterior glue suited to a salt water environment.

With the advance in glue technology, it is now possible to have tough bonding glues that can set in super fast drying times.

Another glue that I have found very useful is Mitre glue it comes in Two parts, the glue which you apply to one side of the break and the other side you apply a spray liquid provided, you have to bond them together extremely fast as the glue sets in about five seconds, no room for error I’m afraid.

Before you begin your project stop for a minute and ask yourself what do I expect of my glue?  When you know this then you can start to look for the correct glue for your job.

I hope this has been helpful to you?  If so feedback is always welcome.