al wrote:
"Lobster" wrote in message
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Do you mean a steam stripper? Yes, indispensible! Together with one of
those funny hand-held devices with spiky wheels in which you run all over
the paper first, to perforate the surface to allow steam under.


Sorry, yes, I do mean steamers. Interesting about the spiker ... I didn't
see any of them, will have a look on Screwfix, etc.

Pretty sure Sfix don't stock them. Try B&Q etc though.

Any good results with particular brands of steamers?

Basically they're just glorified kettles so not a huge amount to choose
between them. As it happens, my old Earlex model (B&Q, about 15 years
old) broke recently, and I've just replaced it with the Bosch from
Screwfix. Haven't used it yet, but it does look good; also incorporates
a pipe/cable tidy and a slot to store the steam plate - sounds trivial
but the Earlex (a 12" square cube) really irritated me with all its bits
always disgorged all over the place! On the other hand the Bosch looks
quite low capacity, so may run out of H2O too soon, I don't know.

David