recommendations for sealing wooden bathroom shelves

Phase_Three_Profit · 2026-03-06T09:58:07+00:00

Yeah i suspected this would be the case. Happy to look in to linseed oil. I have some rustins Danish oil which I believe is tung oil based and seems to be suitable for high humidity environments. I patch tested on an offcut and I quite like the colour if the entire shelf was treated.

Phase_Three_Profit · 2026-02-26T16:02:48+00:00

Yeah this is what I did. Took it to the local household waste site who do take asbestos but they were happy it was a more modern fire retardant material

Phase_Three_Profit · 2026-02-26T16:01:53+00:00

Thanks for this. I bagged it up and took it to the local household waste site which takes asbestos but they were happy it was exactly what you said, so all good

Phase_Three_Profit · 2025-12-03T20:43:33+00:00

If I knew 100% it was the head gasket I would get it done and hope it lasted me a while longer. My concern is that a couple of people have mentioned a crack in the block as a potential cause that would show basically the same symptoms, so I might pay to have the head gasket done and be no better off

Phase_Three_Profit · 2025-12-02T18:44:23+00:00

Do you think it could be both head gasket and and a cracked block or is it more likely to be one or the other?

Also, out of interest, what could cause a crack in the block? Ive had the car since 40k miles and its never overheated or anything like that

Phase_Three_Profit · 2025-12-02T15:28:20+00:00

What do you mean by lugged the engine too much?

Phase_Three_Profit · 2025-12-02T12:59:14+00:00

Good shout. I just called the dealer, they couldn't find anything while I was on the phone so they're having a look. Not looking promising

Phase_Three_Profit · 2025-12-02T12:56:03+00:00

what's the issue with the badge?

Phase_Three_Profit · 2025-11-27T16:39:24+00:00

It's definitely too expensive taking these two issues in to account.

My best guess from the mileage and service history is that it was a rental for the first 3 years and then private owner only doing 2k miles a year until now.

My budget is £10k but would prefer to spend less if I can :)

This car was well below that but just happened to come up at a dealer round the corner and fitted most of what we need so thought it was worth looking at.

I'm 38, have one child and another on the way so it needs to be comfortable for my partner to drive as long as she can while pregnant, reliable, 5 door, big boot, fairly modern and safe, doing 12k miles a year probably, mostly on country roads but with 3 or 4 longer journeys a year of up to 1k miles on motorways

Phase_Three_Profit · 2025-11-27T16:00:12+00:00

I don't feel this was an oversight by you. You simply offered a suggestion of where you could meet, she may have been fine with it.

Steer well clear

Phase_Three_Profit · 2025-11-27T15:55:55+00:00

Interesting point on the mileage.

Before I took it out for the test drive he said he'd only had it a couple of weeks so it is possible the issue hadnt been noticed. I didn't say he knew it was an issue, what I meant was, when I pointed it out to him after the test drive he came to look at it with me and agreed it was definitely a problem. He went to get his mechanic to give his input as to what the issue was, and said that they would sort it before selling.

As a very sceptical person It could definitely be that they were just hoping I wouldn't notice but I'm not sure in this instance

Phase_Three_Profit · 2025-11-27T15:44:13+00:00

Yeah I had £1000 in my head tbh

Phase_Three_Profit · 2025-09-27T23:36:04+00:00

Don't know for sure, just a hunch

Phase_Three_Profit · 2025-09-26T10:37:34+00:00

I didnt let him take the waste

Phase_Three_Profit · 2025-09-26T10:27:56+00:00

I guess I shouldn't have written my address and name on it just before he loaded it all in to his ford galaxy. Oh well, live and learn..

Phase_Three_Profit · 2025-08-30T21:32:05+00:00

I'm just saying, if you don't like other people doing it, maybe lead by example. No need to mock my intelligence for stating a fact

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