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<p style="font-size:16px">This old garden bench had several broken slats and I decided to repair it rather than cut it up and burn it. I used an outdoor wood filler, additional wooden battens and lots of screws.</p>
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<p>After cleaning off the green growth I rubbed it down ready for painting.</p>
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<p style="font-size:16px">I wanted to paint it a similar colour to the new bench, made from recycled plastic, I bought back in July.</p>
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<p>It has a slightly green hue. I decided that a Sadolin Superdec paint that could be colour matched would be my best option. I travelled to a Crown Decorating centre in Grimsby to get the right colour but this proved more difficult than I imagined.</p>
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<p style="font-size:16px">From the first brush stroke I realised this was the wrong colour. I confess I was influenced by the guy in the Crown centre and I should have stuck to my initial decision.</p>
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<p>Setting all that to one side the paint job has made the bench look like new. I'm going to place it in the corner of the veg plot where the beehive used to be. I doubt I will find much time to sit on it and appreciate the garden because I will, no doubt, see weeds that need to be plucked.</p>
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<p>This month's u3a photography themes are Signage and Action. I like to try to be as diverse as I can in my thinking and the pursuit of a good set of images. The month isn't over yet so I might improve on some of these.</p>
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