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Useful links

Here are some websites with good DIY information or products on:

SAFETY GEAR

Blackwoods - bulk industrial and safety product suppliers.
www.blackwoods.com.au

Protector Alsafe
www.protectoralsafe.com.au

ENERGY EFFICIENCY

(WELS) scheme - Explains the WELS labelling scheme and details some products.
www.waterrating.gov.au

Your Home - Website created by the Australian Greenhouse Office with masses of info on how to make your home more energy efficient.
www.greenhouse.gov.au/yourhome

Websites full of water saving tips include:

Savewater!
www.savewater.com.au

Sydney Water
www.sydneywater.com.au

Melbourne Water
www.melbournewater.com.au

ACT’s energy and water AGL
www.actewagl.com.au

TIMBER AND FURNITURE RESTORATION

For your restoration needs, including French polishing supplies and cabinet making and a great range of door hardware try these companies, who are both suppliers of and high quality imported shellacs and shellac brushes, cabinet makers hardware and fine finishing products.

Mother of Pearl and Sons Trading
www.motherofpearl.com

Goods and Chattels
www.goodsandchattels.com

The Wood Works Book and Tool Co (For woodworking tools as well as a huge range of consumables. Also have lots of good books!)
www.thewoodworks.com.au

Carba-Tec - Huge supplier of tools and consumables. Streaming video on the website.

www.carbatec.com.au

TIMBER FINISHES

Specialist manufacturers/distributors of timber finishing products – waxes, polishes and oils -  plus loads of useful info on their websites try these companies:

U-Beaut Enterprises - Marketing website for the U-beaut range of products, also hosts the Woodworking Australia’s Woodworkers forum.
www.ubeaut.com.au

Organoil - Australian company manufacturing tmber finishes including Ecowood Oil.
www.organoil.com.au

Gilly Stephenson - Another Australia company producing waxes, stains and polishes.
www.gillystephenson.com

Howard Products Australia
www.howardproducts.com.au

Liberon
www.liberon.com.au

Acecroft - For scratch fix pens and repair kits, also metal and jewelry cleaners and polishes.
www.acecroft.com.au

Timbecon - Masses of tools and specialist timberwork products.
www.timbecon.com.au

Trade Time - Makes Scott's favourite tool bags, pouches and leather belts.
www.tradetime.com.au

General Timber Info

Timber and Working with Wood show - These are expos that occur around the country, the website details what is on where.
www.workingwithwood.com.au

Timber Preservers Association of Australia - Information about treated timbers.
www.tpaa.com.au

Timber development association - Great source of info on timber.
www.timber.net.au

BUILDING PROTECTION

For products that protect your buildings against damp, rot and other problems (like graffiti) try:

Tech-Dry - Damp prevention products and anti-graffiti.
www.techdry.com.au

Preschem - Makes No-Rot sticks, amongst many other useful DIY goodies.
www.preschem.com

Timbermate - Specialist wood filler and wood rot treatments supplier.
www.timbermate.com.au

AGS - anti-graffiti systems
Graffiwipe product and Graffiti Attack range. 
www.antigraffiti.com.au

Door and Windows

Australian Window Association - Represent over 350 timber, aluminium and PVC manufacturers throughout Australia. Some useful Q and As on their site.
www.awa.org.au

Window Energy Rating Scheme (WERS) - This system rates the efficiency of various windows and will guide you in the selection of the best product for the climate you live in.www.wers.net

Cyclone Industries - Window screen meshes.
www.cyclone.com.au

Paint and Other Finishes

Feast Watson
www.feastwatson.com.au

Both these last two companies are manufacturers of a broad range of timber finishes for both internal and external uses. Their websites contain loads of useful info on finishes and how to choose and apply the appropriate product.

The Natural Paint Place - Natural non toxic paints, oils, polishes and associated products.
www.thenaturalpaintplace.com.au

Porters Original Paints - Specialist traditional paints for interior and exterior.
www.porterspaints.com.au

White Knight Paints - Tub and tile paints, grout pens, all kinds of specialty paints and exterior products.
www.whiteknightpaints.com.au

Resene - Great colour selection tool on their website.
www.resene.com.au

For Waterproofing/ Coating paints and cleaners for masonry and metal try:

Durobond paints - Specialist coatings including Super-prime and Concoat, for waterproofing and protection.
www.durobond.com.au

Flood - All sorts of primers, bonders, sealers – one well known product is Penetrol.
www.floodaustralia.net

Galmet - Metal protection products.
www.galmet.com.au

Zinsser - Make all sorts of waterproofing products, anti mould paints, primers/sealers and shellac.
www.zinsser.com.au

Crommelin - Makes a wide range of sealers and waterproofers
www.crommelin.com.au

Concrete Technologies website - Patterned concrete products and sealers
www.concretetech.com.au

Bondall Products include their Bore and Rust Stain remover, Silasec and PondTite.
www.bondall.com

Davco - Waterproofing, adhesives, grout and lots of good information on tiling on this website. Ormonoid is one of their products.
www.davco.com.au

Senseal - Epoxy sealers and adhesives. One product is Multi-Primer.
www.senseal.com.au

MISCELLANEOUS

Archicentre - Archicentre is the Royal Australian Institute of Architects Home Advisory Service.
www.greenweb.com.au/archicentre

Kid Safe - This organisation has offices in each state with their own website and phone details – details can be found on the national site. Lots of information about making your home safe for children.
www.kidsafe.com.au

Gyprock - Useful info on the uses of this product, some good DIY projects.
www.gyprock.com.au

Soundblock - Distributors of Barrierboard and other acoustic insulation products.
www.soundblock.com.au

Whitworths - Lots of useful cleaning and paint products suitable for marine/wet area use.
www.whitworths.com.au

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