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Speaker 2: So I'm in Stephenson's in the studio one three one
Speaker 2: eight seven three to ask him a question on the
Speaker 2: open line, any diy question you have, No job is
Speaker 2: too big or too small, and there's no silly questions here.
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Speaker 3: Hi mate you well, I'm good mate, yourself.
Speaker 2: Very well, indeed, very well. Indeed we're going to start
Speaker 2: today by talking about painting difficult surfaces for example a
Speaker 2: tile and other things. I mean you hear about people
Speaker 2: and we've talked about it before. Freshening the kitchen cupboards.
Speaker 2: So look, get you've got to use the right paint
Speaker 2: would be the right place to start.
Speaker 4: The right paint has a lot to do with it
Speaker 4: and using a good quality paint, using something that you
Speaker 4: know you can afford, the best you can afford, because
Speaker 4: you know the labor doing it all and all the
Speaker 4: preparation is the is the cost, the most expensive part
Speaker 4: about it and the bit that takes you the longest.
Speaker 5: So using the best quality paint.
Speaker 4: But a friend of mine sent me some photos this
Speaker 4: week at a bathroom that you know, was painted by
Speaker 4: somebody and the paint was all peeling off the tiles
Speaker 4: and things like that, and I just said, look, most importantly,
Speaker 4: where you painting areas like that? And it could be a kitchen,
Speaker 4: could be a bathroom. Whatever is that preparation. It's sanding
Speaker 4: surfaces and cleaning them thoroughly, because no paint's going to
Speaker 4: stick over soap scum, greasy fingerprints. You know, you might
Speaker 4: not see what's on that surface.
Speaker 5: Yeah, but there's definitely something there.
Speaker 4: You know, handrails, I couldn't tell you the amount of
Speaker 4: times I've gone to handrails that people have painted over.
Speaker 4: You know, people walk up and down those handrails with
Speaker 4: their hands over them all the time. There's so much
Speaker 4: debris on there, it's just insane. So yeah, spend the
Speaker 4: time sand it, clean it, and then do that.
Speaker 5: Preparation right from the get go. And you shouldn't have
Speaker 5: a problem as long as you're using the right paint.
Speaker 2: So with a tile, and we talk here in nor
Speaker 2: Glass advertised with it's about nor Clean. So with a tile,
Speaker 2: is that something you would typically sand first? Or are
Speaker 2: there paints that have really strong adhesion to something like
Speaker 2: a look.
Speaker 5: They do have strong adhesion.
Speaker 4: The one we use from nor Glass is their ship
Speaker 4: shaped primer. It's a two pack primer. They've also got
Speaker 4: a single pack primer as well that sticks really really well.
Speaker 4: Paints have come a long way in the past sort
Speaker 4: of ten twenty years, but again nothing, even those good
Speaker 4: quality paints that stick really well won't stick to a
Speaker 4: surface if it's not prepared properly. So with a tile,
Speaker 4: give it a light sand. You're not going to scratch
Speaker 4: the surface a whole lot, but give it a light
Speaker 4: sand anyway, with a sanding sponge or a really fine
Speaker 4: grit wet and dry sandpaper and then clean it thoroughly.
Speaker 5: And that nor clean really good.
Speaker 4: And you change your cloths regularly so you're not using
Speaker 4: a cloth that's got all the dirt on it that
Speaker 4: you've just washed off and just keep using that same
Speaker 4: one until it's black or something like that.
Speaker 3: It's a great cloth. I've had it for ten years.
Speaker 2: It still does its working well. On the handrail, this
Speaker 2: is self indulgent luky at play here because I've got
Speaker 2: a handrail now, a timber one. Is that something that
Speaker 2: you would clean with the nor Clean product or doesn't
Speaker 2: need to be that. I don't want to say harsh,
Speaker 2: but something.
Speaker 4: Yeah, look nor Clean Clean, or even a sugar soap.
Speaker 4: You know, sugar can get from the hardware store paint stores.
Speaker 4: You know, sugar soap has been around for many years,
Speaker 4: and it will break down that grease as well, and
Speaker 4: you can give it a really good clean and then
Speaker 4: rinse it and make sure you get all the sugar
Speaker 4: soap debris off from that as well.
Speaker 2: Not that I have oily hands, but there might be
Speaker 2: someone in my place that does.
Speaker 3: Good e Peter, Yes, good morning morninging.
Speaker 6: Look, Simon, I have a place in Sersey with the
Speaker 6: aluminium riley. It's free years old and the black color
Speaker 6: which was originally power coated on the aluminium in places
Speaker 6: where they welded the joint that's got no color there.
Speaker 6: Can you please tell me what pri much what you
Speaker 6: use and how can I either spray flat black or
Speaker 6: brush flat black one of these places?
Speaker 5: All right?
Speaker 4: And why a flat black I wouldn't be using on
Speaker 4: a railing outside it's aluminum, you're saying. I would think
Speaker 4: you should be using a satin finish and.
Speaker 5: Not a flat black. So yeah, so use a saturn.
Speaker 4: Look that there's lots of spray cans now that will
Speaker 4: go directly onto a surface like that, and Rustolium do
Speaker 4: make one. So if you go to your local hardware store,
Speaker 4: look at the spray cans and I used one a.
Speaker 5: Few weeks ago that had like a dial on it you.
Speaker 4: Could change the setting of the spray not on your
Speaker 4: spray can and it was fantastic. So you know, Rustoliam
Speaker 4: do make some good products there. If you want to
Speaker 4: brush it, then I'd be going to something like the
Speaker 4: nor Glass products as well. You can look at that,
Speaker 4: but there's a few different options there cleaning, sanding and
Speaker 4: preparing that surface first, making sure there's no oxidization with
Speaker 4: that aluminum.
Speaker 5: But then you can go ahead and with either a
Speaker 5: spray can or a brush.
Speaker 2: Is well, let's ask is spraying easier, quicker, give you
Speaker 2: a better result?
Speaker 4: Look, you're going to get a really nice result with
Speaker 4: a spray can, you know.
Speaker 5: It's just you've got to mask up.
Speaker 4: You've got to make sure that you're protecting the surfaces
Speaker 4: around you, of course, and definitely don't do it on
Speaker 4: a windy day, you know. Just you've got to pick
Speaker 4: the right time and work out whether it's going to
Speaker 4: be easier to do that with a spray can.
Speaker 2: Yeah, all right, good luck you, Peter. Morning Sandra, how
Speaker 2: can we help you?
Speaker 7: Oh? Good morning? Look, good morning, Simon. Morning Simon. Last
Speaker 7: month I heard you talking about the nor Glass product
Speaker 7: for kitchen benchtops, and I am just revamping my kitchen
Speaker 7: and I bought the nor Glass product, the to pack
Speaker 7: primer and the Norsane finish code. I've painted many things
Speaker 7: over the years, but I would like a professional hater,
Speaker 7: one experienced with this. I did send you a couple
Speaker 7: of messages, one through your website and then one through
Speaker 7: your email over the last few weeks, but I haven't
Speaker 7: received the reply yet.
Speaker 5: Sorry. I don't know. It might have gone into my spam.
Speaker 4: I will check those emails and I will respond to
Speaker 4: those today for you. Okay, So but look, I'll see
Speaker 4: if I can find somebody has your emails told me
Speaker 4: what area you live in?
Speaker 7: Yes, I live in Croydon Park.
Speaker 5: Okay, will I will check those emails today and see.
Speaker 2: I'll get back to you. What Sandra, just on that point,
Speaker 2: I think she makes and you and I have talked
Speaker 2: about this off air. I had to be honest with you,
Speaker 2: I'm a bit hesitant to use two pack only because
Speaker 2: I don't want to screw up the mixing of it.
Speaker 2: And you know you normally take the lid off and
Speaker 2: you know your paints after preparing. Of course, yes, but
Speaker 2: the two pack is a challenge for I think anyone
Speaker 2: a lot of di wives. Robert got that wrong? Is
Speaker 2: that just Sandra?
Speaker 4: Look, I think I think it's really important to just
Speaker 4: sit down, spend ten minutes and read the instructions because
Speaker 4: and especially like go onto the nor Glass website and
Speaker 4: look at the PDFs that they have and they'll give
Speaker 4: you all the information about mixing. And as long as
Speaker 4: you're mixing the ratio is right and usually it's like
Speaker 4: a two parts of one to a one part of
Speaker 4: the other. And as long as you're measuring, and you
Speaker 4: can buy measuring cups that actually have the markers on
Speaker 4: them so you know where to fill to yes, And
Speaker 4: then when you stir, you stir the product up, you
Speaker 4: let it sit for ten minutes before you start to
Speaker 4: use it, and then give it another stir, and that
Speaker 4: gives that time to react to the product.
Speaker 5: And the most important.
Speaker 4: Thing is wearing respirators and you know, making sure that you.
Speaker 5: Protect yourself that way.
Speaker 4: But look, applying the paint itself is not really any
Speaker 4: more difficult than you know, painting with a regular you know,
Speaker 4: water based paint or something. Is it just that time
Speaker 4: to sit down and mixing and getting it right that way?
Speaker 2: And I think if you've got, say you've got a
Speaker 2: little area to do and you end up with a
Speaker 2: leader of paint and you want to think, now, how
Speaker 2: do I keep half of this? Of course I'm not
Speaker 2: going to even need half of this because you know
Speaker 2: some of the some of the products aren't aren't.
Speaker 3: Cheap, No, because they're very good. I hate absolutely.
Speaker 2: Can you do that?
Speaker 3: Use half of it, use half of it and keep
Speaker 3: half of them?
Speaker 7: Yeah?
Speaker 5: Absolutely you can.
Speaker 4: So yeah, you're just again you're mixing the amount you
Speaker 4: need with the measuring cup.
Speaker 5: That's right, the measuring cup, so you don't use it.
Speaker 4: And when you put the leads back on, make sure
Speaker 4: you clean the little grooves out with the lid goes
Speaker 4: back on so they're not full of paint. So and
Speaker 4: don't contaminate the two products. Yeah, you know, make sure
Speaker 4: you just clean and just take your time.
Speaker 2: Is it possible? And we've got to take a break.
Speaker 2: I'm sorry to occupy this time, but I think everyone
Speaker 2: would have this problem. Is it possible to pour a
Speaker 2: can of paint into a roller tray without it going
Speaker 2: dripping down the side of the can? What's the trick?
Speaker 7: Look?
Speaker 5: Not really.
Speaker 4: I think the quickest way is be quick about tipping
Speaker 4: it and quick about.
Speaker 5: The return as well. Right, So it's not like.
Speaker 4: You know, if you take your time you think about it,
Speaker 4: you're tipping you can of paint. If you go back slowly,
Speaker 4: it's just going to run right down the side. So
Speaker 4: just be a little bit faster at both right and
Speaker 4: obviously taking your time at it.
Speaker 2: Okay, it's twelve to eleven. Back in a second. Just
Speaker 2: a couple of texts before we get back to callers.
Speaker 2: Mitch tells us the rustolium spray is amazing, but you
Speaker 2: shouldn't mix it with other brands. So if you put
Speaker 2: a clear over due lux, is that your experience serving?
Speaker 5: That's it?
Speaker 4: Because look, when you you don't know what the component
Speaker 4: is that makes up that spray cands, so it might
Speaker 4: not be compatible with the undercoat you use, and it
Speaker 4: could fry what I call fry the paint. So if
Speaker 4: you use an undercoat that's incompatible, and you use something
Speaker 4: else over the top of it, the paint can all
Speaker 4: like it fries up.
Speaker 5: And becomes all crinkly. It just means the.
Speaker 4: Thinner that's used in the top coat is reacting with
Speaker 4: the paint that's underneath. So try to keep with a
Speaker 4: product that's made by the same company.
Speaker 2: All right, now, rosi'es there roll, Oh Rosie, what's your
Speaker 2: question for the boy? What song was that? Jon Armor
Speaker 2: Trading by Rosy called a lunatic? Sorry, what's the question.
Speaker 7: I've got a glass sliding door that's not sliding very well.
Speaker 7: It's causing like fiction on the of the track, So
Speaker 7: I'm wondering is there something that could be fixed or
Speaker 7: would I need to have the door replace?
Speaker 4: So generally it's a quick, quite a simple fix. If
Speaker 4: you've got somebody that's handy in the house, you literally
Speaker 4: lift the door up.
Speaker 5: It will come off the track itself. So you get
Speaker 5: hold of either side of the door.
Speaker 4: Two people is handy, lift the door, pop it off
Speaker 4: the track and turn it on its side and there
Speaker 4: will be two wheels, one either side. And it's generally
Speaker 4: one screw to undo that wheel, and you can go
Speaker 4: down the hardware store and buy a matching wheel exactly
Speaker 4: the same and just pop it straight back in place.
Speaker 5: So it's a really.
Speaker 4: Quite simple job to do, so not that difficult. If
Speaker 4: you go online look at some videos that you know
Speaker 4: show you how to do it. It's a really really
Speaker 4: easy job.
Speaker 7: All right, Thank you so much for that, Thank you, Rosie.
Speaker 2: And just so that people don't think I am a
Speaker 2: leone to tick the song I was referring to.
Speaker 6: Do that.
Speaker 2: See I used to be a jock in the old days.
Speaker 3: Hands good morning, how can we help you?
Speaker 2: Good morning morning.
Speaker 8: I've got a quick I've got two questions. I'll ask
Speaker 8: mine because I think my mate's can to ask and
Speaker 8: be calling you. I've got a solo battery that needs
Speaker 8: relo and be install solar and they don't follow up
Speaker 8: and won't back you up. So I just need a
Speaker 8: reference if you can on a solar electrician that can
Speaker 8: relocated battery.
Speaker 4: Okay, what what area are you in?
Speaker 5: Rose in Rosell?
Speaker 8: All right?
Speaker 4: If you go to my website, which is Simon's House
Speaker 4: dot com dot are you look at good Day Electric
Speaker 4: and Solar. So that's all they do, and they're absolutely
Speaker 4: fantastic they can help you with all of that.
Speaker 2: Good day electric and solar hands. That line is a
Speaker 2: bit dodgy, my friend, so I hope that answers the question.
Speaker 2: Thank you for getting in touch. On the text, David says,
Speaker 2: I've got lemonade type covering on a couple of wile
Speaker 2: to kitchen cupboards, lifting around the edges, catching on cupboards
Speaker 2: when opening. Best way to stick down these edges, please.
Speaker 4: Using a contact adhesive and you'll put glue on both surfaces.
Speaker 4: Allow it to sit for about twenty minutes, and then
Speaker 4: push them together and it will glue instantly. And that's
Speaker 4: what they generally use for those edging.
Speaker 2: All right, too easy, okay. You can follow all of
Speaker 2: Simon's work on his website Simon's House dot com dot you.
Speaker 2: If you've got a question that occurs when Simon's not here,
Speaker 2: you can certainly contact him through Simon's House dot com
Speaker 2: dot AU. Good to see you mate, Good to see
Speaker 2: you mate, See you next week much will do absolutely
Speaker 2: your beauty, Simon Stevenson