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  • Frugalista
    Frugalista Posts: 1,747 Forumite
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    luxor4t wrote: »
    so was I! :o
    Me too! :D
    "Men are generally more careful of the breed(ing) of their horses and dogs than of their children" - William Penn 1644-1718

    We live in a time where intelligent people are being silenced so that stupid people won't be offended.
  • 98jdougl
    98jdougl Posts: 1,154 Forumite
    ooops, just realised you meant you were also made in '58 rather than also right
    sorry!
    Still trying to find out the model of my jones machine
  • Gigervamp
    Gigervamp Posts: 6,583 Forumite
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    Ishtar wrote: »
    Eggshell is a colour of paint, but it is also a paint finish - usually solvent-based, like gloss, but with a more matt appearance. Having said that, they are probably moving towards a water-based fomula these days.

    I prefer it on doors, etc, rather than gloss...

    HTH
    D

    F&B do a water based eggshell. That's what I used on my dresser. Couldn't find a water based eggshell by the other companies though (Crown, Dulux and Homebase).
  • Patchwork_Quilt
    Patchwork_Quilt Posts: 1,839 Forumite
    Gigervamp wrote: »
    F&B do a water based eggshell. That's what I used on my dresser. Couldn't find a water based eggshell by the other companies though (Crown, Dulux and Homebase).

    I'm sure Johnson's do one, although that may be just the white
  • luxor4t
    luxor4t Posts: 11,125 Forumite
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    98jdougl wrote: »
    Still trying to find out the model of my jones machine

    Jones sewing machines are excellent. I keeping thinking I should replace mine as it 15, doesn't make good buttonholes andis getting a bit cranky (like me!) is but it is still a good sturdy machine that I am used to.
    Modern ones are so light - mine is cast iron! Pity they don't seem to make Jones any more.

    I'm sewing the seat & back for my directors chair this weekend!
    I can cook and sew, make flowers grow.
  • Gigervamp
    Gigervamp Posts: 6,583 Forumite
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    Both of my sewing machines are Jones. I've got my mums old hand cranked one and back in the 80's I bought myself an electric one. Mind you, I have thought about getting a new machine because my electric one only does zig zag and straight stitch and I'd like one that does buttonholes and embroidery stitches.
  • 98jdougl
    98jdougl Posts: 1,154 Forumite
    I might be wrong but I seem to recall that the same people who made Jones machines also do brothers machines so are still around in a strange way I guess!
  • Looby_Lou
    Looby_Lou Posts: 373 Forumite
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    What do the decals say on the Jones machine? If you can get a clearer look it might help identify the machine. It looks a little like a VS.
  • weezl74
    weezl74 Posts: 8,701 Forumite
    Ishtar wrote: »
    Eggshell is a colour of paint,

    HTH
    D

    Hiya,

    I can't find it on the F and B site, has it been renamed?

    Thanks,:A

    Weezl x

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  • In_Search_Of_Me
    In_Search_Of_Me Posts: 10,634 Forumite
    http://www.farrow-ball.com/

    there ya go...its hypenated cos theyre posh! Think the laura ashley eggshell I got was waterbased if thats any help...
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