Wire Wool

Steel wool consists of fine strands of steel which looks a bit like wool. It can be used for cleaning, …

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Screws & Fittings

Wilkinsons are selling screws, washers and other stuff loose and unpacked. You will need to take your own bags as …

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Polyfiller

Polyfiller - in a cardboard box with no plastic liner. Smooth that crack! Of course you will need to use …

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Underlay & Insulation

Cork

Glue not easy to find plastic free. Heres an introduction to some of the greener glues And BostiK seems to …
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Varnish & Paints

Wood treatment

Building a new van and I want it to be as environmental and as plastic free as possible. Decorating is …
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VOCs

Volatile organic compounds or VOCs are a class of chemicals that are volatile. Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are organic compounds …
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Limewash & Paint

Building a new van and I want it to be as environmental and as plastic free as possible. Decorating is …
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Waxes, Oils & Varnish recipes

Building a new van and I want it to be as environmental and as plastic free as possible. Decorating is …
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Oils Used In Natural Varnish

Drying oil is a vegetable oil that dry to a hard finish at normal room temperature. Such oils are used …
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Polyurethane

Polyurethane is a general term used for a class of polymers derived from the condensation of polyisocyanates and polyalcohols. Polyeurothenes …
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Glue

So many glues, so many man-made polymers. Plastic? In glue? Oh don’t get me started! Yes lots of it, and …
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  1. The pressing need to providing a viable, sustainable alternative for UK industry has led directly to Dulux Decorator Centres’ Can Recycling Service. And crucially, it’ms a scheme that also adds up in business terms. Many large decorating contracts now specify that cans must be recycled,

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