Fix steps and curbs with this quick setting patch repair

Ultracrete FP-1 by Instarmac is a two component rapid repair mortar. It has been designed to be an ideal repair solution for steps, kerbs, platforms and minor flooring repairs to areas you don't want to cordon off for too long and use quickly.

It is easy to form into shape, so a chipped step can easily be repaired as can a chipped kerb.

What's good about it?

• Rapid Setting
• Fix depths of 10mm to 100mm in one application
• Two part system
• Easy to mix and apply
• Chemical resistant
• Suitable for both internal and external use
• Really strong bond
• Apply to wet or dry substrates
• Walked on it in 1 hour
• Drive over it in 2 hours
• Flowable
• Grey colour
  

What can I use it for?

• Concrete step repair
• Concrete kerb repair
• Stairway repairs
• Step patch repairs
  
• Floor repairs
• Concrete floor repair
• Platform repair
• Minor flooring repairs

How do I use it?

1. Clean and roughen the area to be patched
2. Prime the surface using the supplied primer
3. Mix the cement and aggregate together. Add a little water if necessary.
4. Place ASAP after mixing, you've got about 7 minutes to work with it.
   
5. Use a steel float or trowel to finish off

How much will it cover?

• Approximately 0.5m² @ 10mm

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Clean your conservatory, house facade or car

Yes. One product does the lot! It dissolves traffic film and muck build up easily. Use to remove built up dirt and grime from anything from cars and conservatories to removing traffic grime from building facades. Dilute and spray on! Easy.

All you need to produce a showroom quality for your car or conservatory!

What can I use it for?

• Traffic grime remover
• Building cleaner
• Wall cleaner
• Car cleaner
• Van cleaner
• Truck cleaner
• Motorcycle cleaner
• Glass cleaner
• Window cleaner
• Conservatory cleaner
  
• A highly efficient detergent
• Almost all surfaces!

How do I use it?

1. Use neat or dilute up to 20:1 and add to wash water or water jet.
2. Spray on, leave to dwell and the powerful detergent softens and lifts the dirt.
3. Wipe and then rinse off with clean water.

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Smooth out those ridges, uneven trowel marks and fill cracks

Ultra Floor Feather IT by Instarmac has been formulated with exceptional properties as a scratch coat/repair mortar able to get a 3mm thick coat right down to feather edge!

It's really good for smoothing out ridges, uneven trowel marks and filling cracks on floors, and can leave a perfectly smooth finish to the substrate prior to the installation of a decorative floor covering.

Ultra Feather IT is protein free so can be used in biologically sensitive areas.

What's good about it?

• Feather up to 3mm
• Up to 25m² coverage
• Protein free
• Incredibly strong bond
• Use it for Under Floor Heating floors

What can I use it for?

• Smoothing out ridges
• Smoothing out uneven trowel marks
• Filling cracks on floors

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High quality stainless steel trowel

Got some flooring, rendering or plastering to do? If so look no further than our clamp trowel, it's a straight edged 12" (300mm) trowel ideal for those flooring, rendering and plastering jobs.

The trowel has a flat blade one side, clamp edge on the other for holding toothed blades for different finishes. These can be purchased seperately.

High quality stainless steel with a sturdy welded handle and strong gauge stainless steel body – don't let you friends get hold of it, you'll never get it back!

What can I use it for?

• Flooring trowel
• Rendering trowel
• Plastering trowel
• Laying flooring products
• Applying renders and plasters to walls
• Smoothing fillers
• Smoothing repairs

Great, how do I use it?

1. Grip it firmly, confidently gliding it over the plaster, render or floor!

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Top quality slurry brush for waterproofing

Get yourself a good quality, tough slurry brush for applying waterproofing grouts. Great for applying heavy paints and slurries to walls and floors.

Just the job for application of Sulfatex Grout waterproofing damp cellars and basements.

This Slurry Brush has a top quality build, synthetic bristles, detachable handle and ideal for applying waterproofing slurries (like Sulfatex Grout by Remmers) to walls when making a cellar waterproof.

This brush is the heavy duty mother of a paintbrush!

DIY Applications

• Waterproofing slurries
• Cement paints
• Heavy paints
• Bitumen waterproofing

How do I use it?

Grip in your hand – shall we go on?

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Basic tools you'll need for DIY

Anyone doing DIY will need some basic tools to hand when doing repairs around the house, but what should you have in your basic tool kit?

DIY Tools are often offered in complete sets at bargain prices, but they tend to be of a lower quality. The best way is to build up a good quality DIY tool kit over time and spread the cost.

Let's get down to business and work out a basic DIY Tool Kit...

Screwdriver

Yep. One of the most basic tools for doing anything from screwing in screws to opening tins of paint! Screwdrivers with a flat slotted bit in three sizes (small, medium, large) and two of each type of cross-headed drivers (small, large) are all you need for your basic tool kit.

An electrician's screwdriver with a voltage tester would be a useful addition as well.

Tape Measure

A good tape measure is an esential tool for measuring up before you buy.

Spirit Level

Essential for most jobs that require levels. A long and a short one would be ideal.

Hammer

A claw hammer is great for knocking in nails and good for pulling them out if you bend them!

Pliers

A pair of pliers or Lineman's pliers to be correct, are good for gripping, cutting and stripping wire and generally squeezing things together.

Mole Grips

Locking pliers sometimes called vice grips. Great for applying real pressure and gripping things.

Spanners

A few combination spanners are best with both open and round ends. A selection from 6mm to 12 mm. Invest in reasonable quality where possible.

Adjustable Spanner

A useful tool but beware of cheap ones which might make a mess of your nut.

Stepladder

A good step ladder is a useful tool to have. Storage may be an issue, if so, go for one that folds up neatly.

That should be enough for starters, and of course a nice tool bag would be useful to keep them all in.

Protect your hands with a pair of high-quality gloves

It's not nice getting your hands dirty while doing DIY, your loved one might get extremely irritated with mucky hand prints all over the house!

So, for a quiet life, keep your hands clean and soft with some high quality protective gloves for working with paints, resins, chemicals and other possible irritants.

Impervious on the handling side and a cloth back to allow hands to breathe. Far more comfortable than plastic gloves and with these gloves offer excellent grip and your fingers can move in them easily.

Tough skin, tear resistant and so good for multiple uses. Protect your hands today! This is a pair of 2 gloves.

What can I do with them?

• Work with resins
• Painting
• Decorating
• Clean brushes
• Use spirit / solvent
• Gardening
• Cleaning
• Chemical work
• Repair potholes
• Pretty much any job where you might get your hands dirty!
  

How do I use them

1. Offer up one hand whilst holding a glove in the other
   
2. Shove it on and get on with it!

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