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by MollyFinch
Fri Oct 25, 2019 9:59 pm
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: Fitting a new Kitchen Waste Strainer Plug
Replies: 0
Views: 2358

Fitting a new Kitchen Waste Strainer Plug

I'd like to have a kitchen sink strainer waste plug - the kind that has a basket to catch all the bits. The old plug was the kind that you have to twist to make it pop up and it finally broke off. The diameter of the hole in the sink is 5cm or 7cm if I measure to include the depression all round the...
by MollyFinch
Sat Jul 20, 2019 10:29 am
Forum: Decorating Forum
Topic: Looking for a Miracle for Painting Over Flaking Paint
Replies: 1
Views: 5330

Re: Looking for a Miracle for Painting Over Flaking Paint

I did a job on a ceiling once that looked like that. The guy I was working with suggested mixing PVA with the ceiling paint. We applied it very thick and it did work. The only thing was that the PVA made the paint a bit translucent so we had to apply another coat of emulsion over the top. I saw the ...
by MollyFinch
Sat Jul 20, 2019 10:23 am
Forum: Decorating Forum
Topic: Hanging a Frameless Picture Safely
Replies: 8
Views: 2177

Re: Hanging a Frameless Picture Safely

Hi Rob Short I apologise - I thought you were posting a solution to another problem I had - how to hang a mirror I'd made by sticking mirror tiles to a backing board 3mm thick. Your solution to the hanging a frameless picture doesn't solve the problem of holding the sandwich of glass, poster and bac...
by MollyFinch
Fri Jul 19, 2019 11:06 am
Forum: Decorating Forum
Topic: Hanging a Frameless Picture Safely
Replies: 8
Views: 2177

Re: Hanging a Frameless Picture Safely

Thanks for your reply. A great idea but doubt if the sticky pads would be strong enough. The completed mirror is 90 x 60 cm and with the mirror tiles and backing board would by pretty heavy.
by MollyFinch
Fri Jul 19, 2019 10:41 am
Forum: Carpentry and Joinery Forum
Topic: How to fix D Rings to 3mm Board
Replies: 0
Views: 1768

How to fix D Rings to 3mm Board

I'm making a mirror by sticking mirror tiles to 3mm board and then planning on hanging it on the wall with D rings. My problem is that I can't find screws as short as 3mm for fixing the D rings to the backing board. Any ideas?
by MollyFinch
Tue Jul 09, 2019 12:34 pm
Forum: Decorating Forum
Topic: Hanging a Frameless Picture Safely
Replies: 8
Views: 2177

Re: Hanging a Frameless Picture Safely

Hi John
I probably didn't make it clear in my original post. I assumed that the cracking was due to the clips so I was looking for another way to make this type of picture either without clips or possibly I didn't use enough clips. Who knows?
Molly
by MollyFinch
Tue Jul 09, 2019 8:52 am
Forum: Decorating Forum
Topic: Hanging a Frameless Picture Safely
Replies: 8
Views: 2177

Re: Hanging a Frameless Picture Safely

Thanks for your reply John. I have a question though about your method - how do you fix the glass to the poster and board? Or the poster to the board come to that? I was thinking of using spray glue to fix the poster to the board but there's still the question of holding the glass. So far you are th...
by MollyFinch
Sun Jun 16, 2019 9:56 pm
Forum: Decorating Forum
Topic: Hanging a Frameless Picture Safely
Replies: 8
Views: 2177

Hanging a Frameless Picture Safely

I've made a couple of frameless pictures by sandwiching posters between backing board and glass, all held together with clips. The instructions I read said not to hang the wire between the clips as they may pull off. I ignored the instructions and now a few months later have just noticed that the gl...
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