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many thanks for all your suggestions, I will start this week-end
cheers

HI MKG, many thanks for the quick reply, I will certainly try you suggestions.

Can anybody help with ideas for cleaning an old stainless steel worktop, it is approx 5' X 2' (sorry don't do metric). it has been stood in a cellar for quilte a while and is covered in allsorts, including paint. I am hoping to be able to bring it to a mirror finish (don't laugh, I can dream can't I...

Chris Bax is taking people on a tour of 'The Yorkshire Museum of Farming' at Murton near York on Sunday the 20th April. the day is called 'Food Glorious Food' and covers learning about the processes of growing, producing and preparing of fresh, local produce, including cheese making, jams and preser...

many thanks
Cheezy, I have bought some chempro from your link - cheers

Hi, does anybody know of an alternative to Chempro, which is no longer available, for cleaning/sterilizing some very dirty demijons I have had given
thanks

Hi Godfreyrob, many, many thanks for your patience, understanding and help, my VGA programme is now running as sweet as a nut, thanks to you.
All the best
cheers

Hi, having lined the north wall and roof of my greenhouse with polystyrene tiles (1" thick, surplus at work), I wanted some of that shiny stuff to reflect light, having seen the price of 'mylar' I went looking elsewhere and found 'crisp packets' (they are lined with mylar),split and fasten to t...

Hi, I found this site looking for generator plans - there is one here - but there is lot and lots more - some very funny and weird stuff as well
www.instructables.com
hope you find it as interesting as I did
cheers

Sorry, all batteries spoken for
cheers

Hi Smooth Hound,
Thanks for your pm, I still have all 24, it seems not many people want free batteries, as you are the only one to ask. If you pm me your telephone number I will give you a ring and we can arrange collection of as many as you want. Cheers

I have acquired 24 fork lift batteries, each one measures (approx) 20cm wide x 8.5cm deep x 60cm high, they are 2 volt each - amperage, I am not sure but a friend said they were probably 500amp plus, each - twelve of the batteries are single and the other twelve are in two lots of six enclosed in a ...

Hi godfreyrob
I purchased the vga from your website but nothing has arrived, could you help please

Hi Archie, I don't know if the pebbles being black helps, I just worked on the theory that matt black absorbes heat better, but being in an enclosed box does it really matter?
The truth is I had a load of small black pebbles.
Cheers
barry

Hi, I mentioned a long, long time ago that I was trying to build a self heating greenhouse, well, I have partially succeeded. It consists of an old computer cooling fan (12v) fitted into the end of some fall pipe, this is positioned up in the ridge of the green house, approx in the centre. the fall ...