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Cathryn

Joined: 16 Jul 2005
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Location: Ceredigion

Posted: Sun Aug 14, 05 8:33 am Post subject: Scratches in wood

I would love to give back something to the helpful gang on here but you are all so versatile - but just remembered that I used to work for an antique furniture restorer so all the salvage/ scrap stuff on the site is very familiar and I realised I do a lot of useful things without thinking about it - so now trying to think!! You can iron scratches out of soft wood - damp cloth, hot iron - press it on... CAREFUL - too wet and it will lift the colour. If it is loved piece of furniture then it might be best to wirewool it back (or strip it back) iron it and refinish again. Otherwise colour match the scratched areas using fine paintbrush dipped in stain. I have also used wax crayons - you get lots of brown shades. I have done this on doors scratched by our dear little cats and dogs (grits teeth) cos I know that I will have to do them again in a few months. Could do lots of other things as well so if anyone wants to jog my memory, please try

(Trying to rmemebr how to do poor mans french polish - prefer a soft wax glow myself but it will come back to me)

Lloyd

Joined: 24 Jan 2005
Posts: 2699

Posted: Sun Sep 18, 05 11:44 pm Post subject:
Now that's a handy piece of info!!...Thanks, Ruby. I'll be ironing bits of the rosewood sideboard this evening, but with a well wrung out damp cloth. I thought dents were in for life, so now I'm excited!

Bernie66

Joined: 14 Jan 2005
Posts: 13967
Location: Eastoft

Posted: Mon Sep 19, 05 8:36 am Post subject:
Keep 'em coming, but beware the call "We want an article". If you get it, be afraid.....very afraid

jema
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Posted: Mon Sep 19, 05 8:41 am Post subject:
I have also used stick chellac or whatever it is called in the past. Once the sort of thing you could get from your corner diy shop, but probably absent from B&Q?

Bernie66

Joined: 14 Jan 2005
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Location: Eastoft

Posted: Mon Sep 19, 05 8:43 am Post subject:

jema wrote:

I have also used stick chellac or whatever it is called in the past. Once the sort of thing you could get from your corner diy shop, but probably absent from B&Q?

Can look for you tomorrrow if you want, but i guess you are right

jema
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Posted: Mon Sep 19, 05 8:50 am Post subject:

Bernie66 wrote:

jema wrote:

I have also used stick chellac or whatever it is called in the past. Once the sort of thing you could get from your corner diy shop, but probably absent from B&Q?

Can look for you tomorrrow if you want, but i guess you are right

I'd be curious, but I was always amazed by the tardis effect by which my corner store now sadly closed could produce 10x the range of products out of a store the size of a telephone box, than the wacking great B&Q warehouse

bernie-woman

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 7824
Location: shropshire

Posted: Mon Sep 19, 05 8:55 am Post subject:
We have still got a local hardware shop which is fab - you don't even have to know what you are looking for just tell Pete the owner what you want to do and he will find the right stuff for you He is struggling though and is having to supplement his business with DIY stuff that he does for customers, he reckons he will be out of business in about two years

Bernie66

Joined: 14 Jan 2005
Posts: 13967
Location: Eastoft

Posted: Mon Sep 19, 05 9:04 am Post subject:

jema wrote:

Bernie66 wrote:

jema wrote:

I have also used stick chellac or whatever it is called in the past. Once the sort of thing you could get from your corner diy shop, but probably absent from B&Q?

Can look for you tomorrrow if you want, but i guess you are right

B&Q warehouses stock an average of 40000 products depending on the season however do not sell the more obscure or less popular items that you mention. 140000 square fet of selling space sounds alot but is not when compared with say, a builders merchant, a timber yard, a plumbers merchant, a paint shop, a garden centre etc. It aims to cater for the masses and the usual purchases rather than the specialists.

bernie-woman

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 7824
Location: shropshire

Posted: Mon Sep 19, 05 9:09 am Post subject:

I heard a discussion on the radio last week regarding the difficulties that B&Q are currently facing and one of the blokes was saying that the problem they have is that they cater too much to the middle ground instead of specialising in one particular area. He was saying that Wickes have expanded hugely and that B&Q cannot compete on their prices for building materials and Homebase et al are more in tune with design and decor stuff and gardening stuff

Perhaps we will see some radical changes in our local B&Qs soon if the above is correct

Bernie66

Joined: 14 Jan 2005
Posts: 13967
Location: Eastoft

Posted: Mon Sep 19, 05 9:17 am Post subject:

Ian Cheshire is talking about "revitalising " the brand and reinventing B&Q. Interesting times ahead. I read an article in one rag lsat week which was saying that women fel intimidated by B&Q and the number of male staff in there- we just thought they would be glad to find amember of staff.
Wickes do beat B&Q on price on a few building type lines but if you take the Wickes catalogue along showing the product price or the page off the website to a B&Q they will price promise and beat that price by 10%. Overall i find Wickes more expensive and alot more limited on range (stick chellac - no chance). That's just a personal opinion, i don't want anyone to feel that i am on a public relations mission for B&Q on this forum.

I think like any other big company B&Q need to change with the times to remain profitable and successful. DIY whilst still big business is changing and anyone who wants to remain at the top of their market has to be ready to follow the market and create other marketplaces.

Behemoth

Joined: 01 Dec 2004
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Location: Leeds

Posted: Mon Sep 19, 05 9:28 am Post subject:

Wickes never seem to have what i want and if they do it is more expensive than B&Q.

I tend to use builders merchants, ironmonger and specialist suppliers before B&Q but they are convenient especially evenings.

Mind you me and three customers at the B&Q paint mixing counter had to wait for the spotty youth to graphically and colourfully describe to his mates his conquest in the nighclub of the night before and the consequential activities right through to the next morning and how he had arrived not having had a shower. Which was more than I wanted to know. And he got the wrong shade. And he forgot to fix the lid before putting it in the shaker.

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