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Old 2nd Dec 2020, 2:33 pm   #565
avocollector
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Default Re: BBC TV: The Repair Shop

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Must admit I like the rural scenes in the programme - but the actual restoration work I don't believe for a moment is actually done there.
Why not?
Well a lot of the chemicals used are quite toxic e.g for silver, wood etc. The other thing is the surprising lack of mess and air cleaners. If you are sanding, soldering or welding for example you need extraction fans etc if you are cleaning things with solvents lots of rags and so on.
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