Please can anyone tell me how to polish silver like the jewellers. I noticed recently in a jeweller's that the new silver items had a lovely lustre and no tiny scratch marks at all. I clean my few...
Please can anyone tell me what paints and glues will adhere to polystyrene for painting model scenery. Are there any difficulties? I want them for model train scenery. Many thanks, Bramleyboy.
Please, can anyone suggest a nice comfortable hotel/restaurant for a stopover just off the M4 between the Severn crossing and the end of the motorway in West Wales. The motorway caffs are not very...
I have an Apple Mac and a love hate relationship! I have just bought an OKI wireless printer and spent all day setting it up and it worked perfectly. Then last night before going to bed I wanted to...
I have a humane mouse trap in my shed which keeps the mice alive. The other day I found 2 dead mice in there with an animal about 10cm long furry tail and a sort of tan colour. It had ferocious...
I want to build a model railroad around a room on a shelf (not yet installed) about 300mm wide. Should I use MDF or plywood and would 18mm MDF do and if so, how far apart should the supports be? If...
When I have my car hand washed by those marvellous young men from the EU, they spray the bottom half of the outside at the beginning, before they pressure wash, they leave it for a few minutes and it...
I have been relegated to a small room in our garage for my computing. The broadband thingameejig is in the house and I do not get a signal. Is there a booster available or any other means rather than...
I started model trains in the 1970s but because of lack of space etc I gave up. Now I am retired I have started looking into it again and find the field has changed completely. Now the engines are...
Last year I bought some winter tyres. To date they have not even seen any snow! Now I am going to have a go and putting the normal tyres back on. It suddenly dawned on me that the tyres revolve in...
Are there any simple kits on the market that allow you to connect a MP3 player to the car's (Golf) radio/sound system?
Many thanks, in anticipation, Bramleyboy....
I don't know if I'm in the right section but I have a compressor in my garage that I use for light spraying and pumping up my car tyres. The last time I switched it on it pumped until it reached...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2013/mar/22/richard-littlejohn-transgender Regardless of what some may think of the Daily Mail or their columnist Richard Littlejohn, should he be forced to...
I want to convert my cassette story tapes to a digital source. My question is :- are DVDs just bigger versions of CDs? I have used three CDs before so could I just use 1 DVD and would the DVD work in...
I have just bought an aluminium plate for cleaning silver. Do they wear out. If so, how do you know when they are worn out? Are they really any good? I have seen some instructions to use boiling water...
The house we bought last year has fitted floor tiles. They are large, about 1metre by .5 metre and from the crates in the garden appear to come from India. The trouble is they appear to be made of...
I have a brick wall that is beginning to bulge I want to put one of these wall plates on the outside to put it back straight. I don't know what they are called and I don't know where I'll get one. Any...
I bought my wife a Jasper Conran watch for Christmas and have to remove three links from the strap. I cannot see for the life of me where I do it. Three links either side have arrows on them. Normally...
