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This is what I love about this forum - the quality and detail in some of the answers! I'll have a think about this, and do some experimentation, and let you know how I get on. Thanks for your time. Keith

Thanks for the quick reply. I had bought Leyland Trade eggshell - presumably now I should consider buying some Satinwood (as mentioned, I don't want anything too glossy). I've got some standard 4" roller heads which I can use. Having a quick look at the Leyland site this suggests that their...

Hi I'm in the process of building some prototype kitchen cabinet doors - I'm fairly much a beginner, and I'm struggling to get a decent finish. The doors are simple shaker style, which I want to finish in cream (not too glossy). My initial approach has been two coats of general purpose water...

I see - clever stuff. I don't have a biscuit jointer, and so was looking into getting a cutter for the router anyway. I'd seen a couple of comments that trying to do biscuit cuts with a hand-held router was far from straightforward - another reason for getting a table set-up. Sounds like...

Another thought has occured to me - if anybody can help. I'd envisaged making doors from PAR with a plywood panel - probably just using loose tenons. Thing is - I've not got a router table at present - but do have a router. Is it possible AND safe to rout the grooves on the sides/ends of the...

Thanks for the speedy replies The house is early 50's - any original features which might have existed have fairly much vanished. I've been doing some shelving with 20mm finished width PAR from a local timber merchant - and that's been going OK. Built a kids kitchen from plywood last year - so...

Hi First time posting - apologies for andy daft questions I may put to the forum. This is a great site - I've learnt a lot already! I'm just starting out, from a fairly low baseline, with only a few tools at my disposal, and wanted to ask some advice on the perennial alcove shelving/cabinet...