Andrew C

Someone else told me that this week, and I'm a little disappointed as I thought I could fill a tray with caustic soda and start removing the pain. The problem with continuous repainting is thick paint, and I wanted to avoid that. Thanks Andrew

Bonjour, I have a maison de maître in Sommières, which is between Nimes and Montpellier. If you enter maison de maître into Google and look at the images you see the kind of thing. It has a lot of shutters and some of them are in fairly poor condition. I'd like to strip and paint them. A friend told me that stripping by dipping would be the best approach. I wonder if in your experience is the case, and whether it is possible to undertake this dipping process at home? In terms of repainting I was told that spraying might be better than brushing. Again I wonder if anyone has painted their shutters and has any tips. Many thanks Andrew

Hi, I've read a number of pieces which suggest buying a second hand car in France can be problematic and the cars tend to be more expensive than the equivalents in the UK. So I thought about buying a LHD car in the UK, then I found on Ebay that some LHD cars in the UK are registered in France. If I buy one of these what do I still need to do in order to drive it in France? Is it as simple as registering and insuring at my French address, or is there more to it than that? Thanks Andrew