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Title: B&Q stopped selling Stanley paint pads
Post by: dai on October 12, 2009, 06:59:29 pm

I called in today and they no longer stock them, getting hold of my favourite WFP swivel just got harder.
Typically they have a new range of something similer, only cheap tacky rubbish. I did find some on here,

www.pvrdirect.co.uk/productinfo.aspx?catref=STA126119.
If any of you use these you better stock up now.

Title: Re: B&Q stopped selling Stanley paint pads
Post by: TonyD on October 12, 2009, 08:22:57 pm

What do you use those for then ?

Title: Re: B&Q stopped selling Stanley paint pads
Post by: Roger Oakley on October 13, 2009, 05:09:22 pm

Quote from: dai on October 12, 2009, 06:59:29 pm

I called in today and they no longer stock them, getting hold of my favourite WFP swivel just got harder.

So have Homebase stopped as well, but cheers for the web-link as we go through loads of pads per year and I need to stock up.

Title: Re: B&Q stopped selling Stanley paint pads
Post by: AuRavelling79 on October 13, 2009, 06:05:40 pm

Quote from: dai on October 12, 2009, 06:59:29 pm

I called in today and they no longer stock them, getting hold of my favourite WFP swivel just got harder.
Typically they have a new range of something similer, only cheap tacky rubbish. I did find some on here,

www.pvrdirect.co.uk/productinfo.aspx?catref=STA126119.
If any of you use these you better stock up now.

Sorry to be thick Dai, but like Tony D asks - what do you use them for?

Title: Re: B&Q stopped selling Stanley paint pads
Post by: C.C.S. on October 13, 2009, 06:24:05 pm

i rekon some sort of wagtail.might be wrong

Title: Re: B&Q stopped selling Stanley paint pads
Post by: lee_dewing on October 13, 2009, 11:12:06 pm

or maybe fitted to wfp, as a scouring pad?

for getting those tricky poo poo's off?

Title: Re: B&Q stopped selling Stanley paint pads
Post by: dai on October 13, 2009, 11:12:28 pm

I have no use for the pads as such, But the handles turned 90 degrees are the best WFP swivel ever.
I did stick a scouring pad onto one of them as a waterfed poo pad.

I did send one of these swivels to Alex for his assessment, I don't know how he got on with it yet.

Title: Re: B&Q stopped selling Stanley paint pads
Post by: Mike 108 on October 14, 2009, 09:31:56 am

Dai

After seeing your post I searched my 'saved posts' for the one where you explained how to use the pad 'swivel' with a window cleaning brush - but I can't find it!

Any chance you can give me/us the link, please.

Mike

Title: Re: B&Q stopped selling Stanley paint pads
Post by: dai on October 14, 2009, 10:45:02 pm

http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=55738.msg474154#msg474154
It took me ages to find this, alas the pictures have gone.

I should have added that you need to cut the  black plastic bit that the pad fits on so that it will fit onto the top of your brush. you also have to cut off the part of the brush that the handle scews into. you drill four small holes throught the blac plastic and use self tappers to atatch it to your brush.
If you use the superlite brush you only have to unscrew the plate with the female thred on and screw the swivel back in it's place.