Screwfix marine paints

[ashley]

Has anyone tried the marine products from screwfix?

I'm not kidding myself into thinking they're going to be great but i need to slap a coat of varnish on some teak to stop it degrading until i can spend some time to sand and treat it appropriately.
Ashley

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[m1taylor]

Hi,

I have used Screwfix yacht varnish - seems fine to me - does what it says on the tin and all that...

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[asj1]

Used Bilge Paint recently - seems to work fine. Have used their antifoul for last two seasons and boat came out as clean as everyone else's in the club - if not better.

I am also using their Johnsons Polyurathane varnish as £15 for 2.5 litres for re-varnishing interior, seems to be excellent, final coat is then epithanes rubbed effect at £20 for 1 litre !!

I was thinking of using their deck paint but with no colour chart am a bit wary of what coluor "blue" it might turn out to be !

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[dickh]

I've used their a/fouling, bilge paint & deck paint. A/f was OK, bilge paint was OK but the deck paint was vetoed by SHMBO as being the wrong colour! - ended up getting International paint as you could see the colour.

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[pampas]

hardest wearing varnish that I have ever come across !!!

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[Thresher]

Screwfix haven't been taking orders for the last week at least, apparently some warehouse move has gone wrong. I hope they get it sorted soon, I've got a long list of stuff to order.

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[Stork_III]

See Daily Telegraph 7/10/04.

Screwfix (aka B&Q) can't get any staff to man the call centre/distribution depot, so when capacity of orders they can handle are reached they switch off website.

That's british industry for you.

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[ashley]

According to a response from them today, they seem to be refusing to ship abroad now as well!!

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[Strathglass]

Web site was taking orders on Friday afternoon but no telephone ordering.

I had no problems with them collecting a faulty grinder and battery drill when I phoned on friday, they are collecting on monday.

The staffing problem is apparently in Stoke on Trent.

I still wonder when the replacements and the other bits I have ordered will come, in view of what has been said above.

Iain

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