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[BarMoo]

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Sorry, missed page 2 of the posts (I know I should look).

OT, but, my nan (RIP) had one of those twin tubs (RIP). You had to stick the grey drain pipe (sic) into that (middle hole) during the wash cycle, correct?

My nan always used the original Fairy powder (flakes), these things smelt great and I would as a sub-ten year old attend a full wash-cycle from beginning to end whenever I stayed over. I must have been a suzie homemaker even then, hehe. She even had tongs for the boil wash Remember playing with the washing like it was a broth. V. Odd.

Actually, it was at what this place (home/pub), where I supposedly used to regularly drag back junk to play with; including that said washing machine I spoke about either earlier, or, in that other junk thread.

On the other hand, my mum was a tight-ass and preferred ACDO? A vile yellow powder in small packets and smelt like dog shampoo (probably made by Unilever and now called ultra mega-tabs or something).

But, when Bold 2-in-1 came out - now that was a dream powder. If ever I was sent to the shop for washing powder I would always come back with Bold 2-in1: even if I had to suffer a clip round the ear for 'wasting' mums hard earned pence.

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[Rd100]

There is a bit of advide about repainting dishes on the andrews site it says for smc dishes but it would be the same for any dish

http://www.andrew.com/products/antennas/satelliteBroadband/repaint-VSAT.aspx

Back to the dish, here's what it looks like after a wipe with a damp old t-shirt, I higlighted where the worst bits of rust were, but the back was covered in small specks of rust so it's mostly white from the Jenolite...

 

[2cvbloke]

Bubblebath? WTF, LOL.

Save for the smoke alarm, a satellite dish and the odd shiny thing - my bathroom looked much like yours two weeks ago (I am lying). Then I got my Cillit BANG out! he says, lying again.

But, I will re-post your bathroom 'highlights' with notes anyway - might give you the push ;) .

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Rust 1 - That's where I sat a set of pliers for an experiment, does WD40 actually protect iron tools, it didn't...

Rust 2 - Wrong!!! Not rusty, just a reflection of the curtains, it's perfectly chromed...

Somke alarm - No, not in the bathroom, on me landing!!! My bathroom's through that dodgy sliding door (which keeps jamming)...

"Unknown" - That's my bathroom light ya numpty!!!

"WTF" - The fan heater I was using to dry my dish!!!

 

[BarMoo]

Rust 1 - That's where I sat a set of pliers for an experiment, does WD40 actually protect iron tools, it didn't...

Rust 2 - Wrong!!! Not rusty, just a reflection of the curtains, it's perfectly chromed...

Somke alarm - No, not in the bathroom, on me landing!!! My bathroom's through that dodgy sliding door (which keeps jamming)...

"Unknown" - That's my bathroom light ya numpty!!!

"WTF" - The fan heater I was using to dry my dish!!!

ah, so two pics - two entirely different locations. I get it.

That really must be high shine-chrome you have there.

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[2cvbloke]

ah, so two pics - two entirely different locations. I get it.

That really must be high shine-chrome you have there.

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It is, I either look really fat & wide, or really slim and twiggy in it, it's a mirror finish...

 

[Channel Hopper]

it's mostly white from the Jenolite...

Right now a thousand men are claiming same on some dubious stains....

 

[2cvbloke]

Right now a thousand men are claiming same on some dubious stains....

On their dishes? O-Ha

 

[2cvbloke]

Ok, last night I was struggling to get the bolts off the wall mount, but managed it with a new spanner I got from asda the other night, anyway, how reliable would that mount (as seen in the second pic in the first post in this thread) for this dish? If not very, hows about my 60cm dish? As I want to pop it onto a wooden stand I made months ago (which currently gets used as a coatstand) cos my tripod broke another leg so I have no large dishes up at the moment, just my porty kit dish in my bedroom on Hispasat....

 

[2cvbloke]

Well, I think it needs a new LNB clamp, but the only person I knew (on eBay, who I got my 60cm dish from) who had any doesn't have them anymore...

Anyway, I've decided I'll leave the painting till next year, even though it's pretty warm here I don't trust the clouds that roll in all the time, so the dish is slownly going back together, buthas had to stop as I've gone and pulled a muscle or something in my upper back/ribcage...