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Re: Projects in the pipeline thread!
Where do you get the tweed from BG?
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Re: Projects in the pipeline thread!
Lentheric.....jeremyb wrote:Where do you get the tweed from BG?
So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.
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I bought a huge piece of a guy on trademe a couple of years back. After that, I'm going to have to import some 
So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.
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Man I remember that !Bg wrote: Lentheric.....
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Nothing done today as guttering needs replacing while the weather is fine Will be tweeding tomorrow one way or another...
Will be tweeding tomorrow one way or another...So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.
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Your wife not a gardener?Bg wrote:Nothing done today as guttering needs replacing while the weather is fine
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So, 24 hours between undercoats 
gave me some time to get some tweed on the pine....
gave me some time to get some tweed on the pine....So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.
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Om nom nom
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This was the first tweed I did, I'm aiming for a less orange colour this time
So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.
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Wow. Talented you are.
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Crikey saw that pic and thought youd already finished! Looking sharp mate. Not going for donald trump orange this time then? 
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Cheers budWellyBlues wrote:Wow. Talented you are.
got to keep sane while fixing windows and guttering - this gives me a nice break while glue sets or paint dries My little homebrew vibrolux has earned a proper tweed cab after approx 8 years of sounding good in an old pine box.So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.
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Definitely less Donald Dollhands this time... It wasn't that orange IRL. and it did have my blood lacquered into it - slipped with the stanley knife.Cdog wrote:Crikey saw that pic and thought youd already finished! Looking sharp mate. Not going for donald trump orange this time then?
As this one is mine, I'm probably going relic, just too experiment.
So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.