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Anyone else done the Screwfix sorting exercise?
I had an email invite from Screwfix to do a product into category sorting
exercise online, with the lure of being entered into a draw for some free vouchers. So, with nothing better to do for 20 mins I did it. Stuff like deciding if Hammerrite should be in the Automotive, Decorating or Ironmongery section, and if a kitchen tap should be with Plumbing or Kitchens & Bathrooms. Anyone else done it? |
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Anyone else done the Screwfix sorting exercise?
On Tue, 19 May 2009 22:34:33 +0100, "AlanD"
had this to say: I had an email invitation from Screwfix to do a product into category sorting exercise online, with the lure of being entered into a draw for some free vouchers. So, with nothing better to do for 20 mins I did it. Stuff like deciding if Hammerrite should be in the Automotive, Decorating or Ironmongery section, and if a kitchen tap should be with Plumbing or Kitchens & Bathrooms. Could an item be in more than one section? A lot of catalogues do this. I'd never class Hammerite as 'decorating' material, or even Automotive. I would assume that a kitchen tap should come under K&B, whereas the pipes that feed it would be plumbing things. Possibly it could come under Automotive, since you _could_ connect a hosepipe to it to wash the car. Now, replacement washers/ceramic bits for said tap should come under Plumbing... Yours confusingly - -- Frank Erskine |
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Anyone else done the Screwfix sorting exercise?
On Tue, 19 May 2009 23:34:33 +0100, Frank Erskine wrote:
I'd never class Hammerite as 'decorating' material, or even Automotive. Automotive can work, but be aware that cellulose paint (normal car paint) won't stick to it for long - so don't use it to cover up some rust before a quick spray over. |
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Anyone else done the Screwfix sorting exercise?
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PCPaul wrote: Automotive can work, but be aware that cellulose paint (normal car paint) won't stick to it for long - so don't use it to cover up some rust before a quick spray over. Cellulose paint hasn't been used on a production car for a very long time - it was banned for this sort of use years ago on pollution grounds. You can still get it for repair purposes or DIY use - but very few places stock it. -- Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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Anyone else done the Screwfix sorting exercise?
Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article , PCPaul wrote: Automotive can work, but be aware that cellulose paint (normal car paint) won't stick to it for long - so don't use it to cover up some rust before a quick spray over. Cellulose paint hasn't been used on a production car for a very long time - it was banned for this sort of use years ago on pollution grounds. You can still get it for repair purposes or DIY use - but very few places stock it. Recently had cause to make a week-long, work visit to a significant bodyshop - and not a whiff of solvent. All the paint they use is water-based. -- Rod Hypothyroidism is a seriously debilitating condition with an insidious onset. Although common it frequently goes undiagnosed. www.thyromind.info www.thyroiduk.org www.altsupportthyroid.org |
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Anyone else done the Screwfix sorting exercise?
On Thu, 21 May 2009 08:48:13 +0100, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article , PCPaul wrote: Automotive can work, but be aware that cellulose paint (normal car paint) won't stick to it for long - so don't use it to cover up some rust before a quick spray over. Cellulose paint hasn't been used on a production car for a very long time - it was banned for this sort of use years ago on pollution grounds. You can still get it for repair purposes or DIY use - but very few places stock it. Fair enough, but I can still tick that bit of trivia off my list now I've used it ;-) |
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