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: My eternal quest to cure faded plastics came to and end today. Owatrol Polytrol was painted on and rubbed in with a cloth and seems to have worked really well. :thumbup:

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Taipan wrote: Sun Apr 27, 2025 4:24 pm : My eternal quest to cure faded plastics came to and end today. Otrawol Polytrol was painted on and rubbed in with a cloth and seems to have worked really well. :thumbup:

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Taipan wrote: Sun Apr 27, 2025 4:24 pm : My eternal quest to cure faded plastics came to and end today. Owatrol Polytrol was painted on and rubbed in with a cloth and seems to have worked really well.
Less than 12 months that'll last, even if you went through the rigmarole of cleaning the plastics properly beforehand
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MrLongbeard wrote: Sun Apr 27, 2025 4:57 pm
Taipan wrote: Sun Apr 27, 2025 4:24 pm : My eternal quest to cure faded plastics came to and end today. Owatrol Polytrol was painted on and rubbed in with a cloth and seems to have worked really well.
Less than 12 months that'll last, even if you went through the rigmarole of cleaning the plastics properly beforehand
12 months seems like a fair return on effort provided it looks a bit better at the end of the 12 months than it did at the beginning. Once a year maintenance seems OK. :thumbup:
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I used a heat gun on my Transit Moho to get the black back, worked well.

No idea how long it lasted, I sold it 6 months later.
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MrLongbeard wrote: Sun Apr 27, 2025 4:57 pm
Taipan wrote: Sun Apr 27, 2025 4:24 pm : My eternal quest to cure faded plastics came to and end today. Owatrol Polytrol was painted on and rubbed in with a cloth and seems to have worked really well.
Less than 12 months that'll last, even if you went through the rigmarole of cleaning the plastics properly beforehand
That’ll be eleven months longer than anything else I’ve wasted money on!
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Sprayed my last van bumpers with Satin Black stone chip paint. Still looked good 12 month later.
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Furry muff, I had higher expectations.
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MrLongbeard wrote: Sun Apr 27, 2025 1:45 pm
Saga Lout wrote: Sun Apr 27, 2025 10:26 am
You must put the milk in the cup before pouring the tea.
:shock: :?
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Saga Lout wrote: Sun Apr 27, 2025 10:26 am Three simple rules that nobody I know seems to be able to follow (or maybe they think they're unimportant):
You must warm the pot.
You must use boiling water.
You must put the milk in the cup before pouring the tea.
Boil enough water for 2 mugs.
Use half to heat the mug.
Empty water out and fire in a teabag.
Pour in water and mash the fuck out of the teabag.
Add a load of milk.

Drink. 8-)
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Saga Lout wrote: Mon Apr 28, 2025 12:14 am
MrLongbeard wrote: Sun Apr 27, 2025 1:45 pm
Saga Lout wrote: Sun Apr 27, 2025 10:26 am
You must put the milk in the cup before pouring the tea.
:shock: :?
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Hey, I take my tea black so I'm not going to say you're wrong in how you prefer yours, but it ain't right :obscene-birdiedoublered:
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After five years of predominantly WFH, I've finally bothered my arse to go and sit outside to work in the sunshine. It's so nice!
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Skub wrote: Mon Apr 28, 2025 12:57 pm
Saga Lout wrote: Sun Apr 27, 2025 10:26 am Three simple rules that nobody I know seems to be able to follow (or maybe they think they're unimportant):
You must warm the pot.
You must use boiling water.
You must put the milk in the cup before pouring the tea.
Boil enough water for 2 mugs.
Use half to heat the mug.
Empty water out and fire in a teabag.
Pour in water and mash the fuck out of the teabag.
Add a load of milk.

Drink. 8-)
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I think the Gremlinette has been kidnapped by aliens and a doppelganger put in her place. This doppelganger hasn't realised that the real Gremlinette wouldn't rub down woodwork, paint it nor would she clean off crap from the summerhouse roof... :think:
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Safety specs, safety gloves, safety crocs :thumbup:
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KungFooBob wrote: Sun Apr 27, 2025 5:14 pm I used a heat gun on my Transit Moho to get the black back, worked well.

No idea how long it lasted, I sold it 6 months later.
I was told that while that technique does work extremely well in the short term, it also damages the plastics and they become much more brittle ?

But you sold your's so we'll never know :lol:
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Looks like I have a job to kick off the summer. I'll be travelling to the UK on Wednesday for a final interview.
Then I'll take a couple weeks off in Cornwall and start work on the 20th May.

It's a slightly different role for me this time. Houseman is my job title. I'll be looking after an elderly gentleman, making breakfast, driving him to appointments and making his supper. I've never cooked professionally before but as the client has specified he wants simple food, I'm feeling good that this could open more options for me in the future.

But best of all, it means I will get to ride the KTM 690 SMCR that I bought last year. I thought it was going to sit in storage all summer :bblonde:
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Mr. Dazzle wrote: Tue Apr 29, 2025 8:46 am Safety specs, safety gloves, safety crocs :thumbup:
And why do Crocs have holes in the top?

To let your dignity seep out. :lol:
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gremlin wrote: Tue Apr 29, 2025 8:39 am I think the Gremlinette has been kidnapped by aliens and a doppelganger put in her place. This doppelganger hasn't realised that the real Gremlinette wouldn't rub down woodwork, paint it nor would she clean off crap from the summerhouse roof... :think:

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If that was my daughter I'd be checking the current condition of anything I owned...
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