starting to feel like I'm getting somewhere! 
Good tip for rubbing back catty - put some fairy liquid in the water: makes it polish up better and generally improves the finish of the catty. Afterwards, before painting make sure it's scrupulously clean and remove all traces of the soap or the paint won't stick, but this is very easy to do - use a soft clean cloth and acetone. Easy to get: it's just nail polish remover! Either buy some (cheap as chips) or, as I do, steal it off your missus or daughters! Even cheaper!! It's also dead handy for cleaning cack and sticker adhesive from paint (won't soften the paint like cellulose thinners does) and it's great for cleaning fibreglass resin out of pots and brushes and off your fingers!
Just waiting on more bits arriving, at this rate should have her running before long with a bit of luck! Will post up some pics of the progress when I get to work tomorrow and get the wire back for uploading pics onto the computer from my blackberry!
Phil
