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docusk
19th July 2007, 04:47 AM
Just wandered home from The Toolpost in Didcot Oxon UK. They have a good range of U Beaut products - those you lot keep on raving about - so Ibought me the Shellwax crem and a bottle of Glow.
I'll be able to check it out now. They are carrying a good range of tools and equipment. For anyone in the UK not too far from Oxfordshire it's worth a trip. Prices seem OK and they have Robert Sorby, Hamlet and a couple of others as well as books and videos and little odd and ends.

docusk

Wood Butcher
19th July 2007, 08:57 AM
You won't be disappointed!

rsser
19th July 2007, 09:08 AM
Toolpost has a useful website too.

Ditto Peter Child (though it's up for reconstruction).

Cliff Rogers
19th July 2007, 10:07 AM
Did you get the page of instructions that comes with each product?

If not, go here (http://www.ubeaut.com.au/ubhome.htm) & get the instructions from the web site.

It is also worth getting the Polisher's Handbook. :2tsup:

munruben
19th July 2007, 12:15 PM
Just wandered home from The Toolpost in Didcot Oxon
I'll be able to check it out now.
You wont be dissapointed, great products.
I spent a lot of time around Oxford and Reading in my young days, my folks lived at Witney:2tsup:

ptc
19th July 2007, 01:43 PM
John
I used to live at Stanton Harcourt.
and go to Witney by pony and trap !
it had rubber wheels on it.

ticklingmedusa
19th July 2007, 02:04 PM
Did you get the page of instructions that comes with each product?

If not, go here (http://www.ubeaut.com.au/ubhome.htm) & get the instructions from the web site.

It is also worth getting the Polisher's Handbook. :2tsup:

They just started carrying the line at the Rockler store here in California too. It was a little expensive compared to domestic product but I popped
for a 250 ml jar of EEE Ultrashine and was pleased with the results. :2tsup:
I managed to grab an instruction sheet but I appreciate you putting the link up Cliff.
tm

rsser
19th July 2007, 02:37 PM
John
I used to live at Stanton Harcourt.
and go to Witney by pony and trap !
it had rubber wheels on it.

Lordy! Small world.

You never cease to amaze me ptc ... living national treasure :U

Cliff Rogers
19th July 2007, 10:19 PM
...a 250 ml jar of EEE Ultrashine and was pleased with the results. :2tsup: .....
The EEE is only a polish, not a finish, get some of the Shellwax cream & try that in combination with the EEE.

Skew ChiDAMN!!
19th July 2007, 10:47 PM
The EEE is only a polish, not a finish, get some of the Shellwax cream & try that in combination with the EEE.

A polish?! :oo: I'll beg to differ Cliff... IMHO it's more of a cutting/buffing compound.

Think of it as Tripoli powder in wax. (http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/images/icons/icon3.gifhttp://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/images/icons/icon3.gifhttp://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/images/icons/icon3.gif EEE? Tripoli? I wonder why I never spotted that before? :doh:)

Cliff Rogers
19th July 2007, 11:05 PM
A polish?! :oo: I'll beg to differ Cliff... IMHO it's more of a cutting/buffing compound.......

Read this page (http://www.ubeaut.com.au/eee.htm).

Definitions of polish on the Web:
. the property of being smooth and shiny
. a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality; "they performed with great polish"; "I admired the exquisite refinement of his prose"; "almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art"--Joseph Conrad
. make (a surface) shine; "shine the silver, please"; "polish my shoes"
. a preparation used in polishing
. improve or perfect by pruning or polishing; "refine one's style of writing"
. bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state; "polish your social manners"
. of or relating to Poland or its people or culture; "Polish sausage"
. the Slavic language of Poland

It is not a sealing finish... is that better? :D
(Of course you wouldn't use it on the ceiling.:p )

Skew ChiDAMN!!
19th July 2007, 11:22 PM
:D OK, I stand corrected.

scooter
20th July 2007, 11:53 AM
http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/images/icons/icon3.gifhttp://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/images/icons/icon3.gifhttp://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/images/icons/icon3.gif EEE? Tripoli? I wonder why I never spotted that before? :doh:)

Yer quick, Andy :D

TTIT
20th July 2007, 03:10 PM
(http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/images/icons/icon3.gifhttp://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/images/icons/icon3.gifhttp://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/images/icons/icon3.gif EEE? Tripoli? I wonder why I never spotted that before? :doh:)And here I was thinking Neil was just havin' a laugh (hehehe!):shrug: .So I'm feelin' a bit slow too now!:B

rsser
20th July 2007, 04:49 PM
Tripoli ... rag wheel --> Swansdown mop

Ubeaut ...

Shithot Waxstik (tho not in all markets it seems :- ) ...

Yep, reckon Neil has been having a laugh for a while :U

rsser
20th July 2007, 05:02 PM
... so moving along, and keeping it nice, what's the most left-field use you've found for a Ubeaut product?

My offerings ...

The talc dusted into a latex glove to make it easier to get off and reverse for use next time around

Shithot waxstik on the tool rest

A whole jar of Hard Shellac splashed over the concrete floor .... made a great sealer, also accidental :-

.... so, bet you're thinking about puns on cream, and on glow :B

Skew ChiDAMN!!
20th July 2007, 06:02 PM
Quite some time ago, I dropped a freshly opened 500mL can of Rosewood stain onto my freshly swept concrete floor. :C On retrieval, the contents could've been measured by the teaspoonful. (Even now, people sometimes wonder about the stain in the middle of floor, complete with two silhouettes of bare feet. :B)

Shortly thereafter, I did the same thing in the same spot with a tin of Rustin's Danish Oil. :~ But it doesn't stop there... oh, no... a bit after that fiasco I was undoing the lid of my EEE. I often lay a rag across the open jar before tightening the lid, as the lid's are generally an 'orrible fit by themselves. 'Twas a hot day and the EEE had gone runny and started to seperate... but I didn't think of that at the time.

I was holding the jar sideways as I loosened the lid and... well... half the jar ended on the floor. :o Fortunately, also on top of the nicely DO sealed, rosewood coloured section of concrete, so 'twas easy enough to scoop most of it back into the jar. And it also gave that bit of floor a nice buff. :roll:

Now I'm wondering whether I should apply some Shellawax or Glow to finish the floor properly. Or should I strip it and start again, making sure I spill some UBeaut Sanding Sealer first? :p

ticklingmedusa
20th July 2007, 06:06 PM
The EEE is only a polish, not a finish, get some of the Shellwax cream & try that in combination with the EEE.

Thanks, I should have added that I did use it with some leftover friction
polish that I had. (Hut brand) It glossed up nicely.
tm

ticklingmedusa
20th July 2007, 06:10 PM
Quite some time ago, I dropped a freshly opened 500mL can of Rosewood stain onto my freshly swept concrete floor. :C On retrieval, the contents could've been measured by the teaspoonful. (Even now, people sometimes wonder about the stain in the middle of floor, complete with two silhouettes of bare feet. :B)

Shortly thereafter, I did the same thing in the same spot with a tin of Rustin's Danish Oil. :~ But it doesn't stop there... oh, no... a bit after that fiasco I was undoing the lid of my EEE. I often lay a rag across the open jar before tightening the lid, as the lid's are generally an 'orrible fit by themselves. 'Twas a hot day and the EEE had gone runny and started to seperate... but I didn't think of that at the time.

I was holding the jar sideways as I loosened the lid and... well... half the jar ended on the floor. :o Fortunately, also on top of the nicely DO sealed, rosewood coloured section of concrete, so 'twas easy enough to scoop most of it back into the jar. And it also gave that bit of floor a nice buff. :roll:

Now I'm wondering whether I should apply some Shellawax or Glow to finish the floor properly. Or should I strip it and start again, making sure I spill some UBeaut Sanding Sealer first? :p

:D I'm glad these kind of things don't only happen to me.
tm

rsser
20th July 2007, 06:29 PM
LOL, that's a gem Skew.

Nah, just buff it all with a Ubeaut Swansdown mop ;-}