Garage floor

It's been coming for a while. I built the new garage in 2021 and put on a coat of floor paint. I'd bought enough for 2 coats, plus a third (?) on the main garage floor. It's the amount of stuff to move that's put me off.

Yep, that's 2 trailers, 2 generators, homebrew boiler, firewood and a chipper. 1 trailer stayed in place!

Not too much outside for 2 days. It was economy paint from Leroy Merlin. It dried in 3 hours, but 48 hours are recommended before traffic. Even 2 months on, paint is peeling off where tyres are left standing.

Shameful packaging - or is it just me

 iLast care hyaluronic moisturising cream. 30mL

I use a tiny amount of this stuff, despite it's eye-watering price, it works for me. About 25€.

After 18 months it ran out. Well I thought it had. I took it apart and found a disgusting waste of plastic and packaging. A lovely design, but for fuck's sake, I need a finger to apply this stuff, so just put it in a pot and let me dab some on my finger. I cut open the 'empty' pot and carried on using it for 4 weeks. There are various type of plastic, O-rings, pistons. These parts will have taken precision moulding, so more expense and energy, in the manufacturing plant, design office, prototyping and consumer trials to name just a few.

Note it's stated open time is 6 months. Why? It has this totally over-engineered dispensing system that keeps it sealed. Well, it must keep it sealed as there is nothing to remove to start using it. It made it from the factory, with a use by date of a year or so, but once I press the dispense button, it magically has to be used in 6 months? Not a chance I'll buy this every 6 months. In fact, I'll now look for another brand in a little-heard-of thing called a pot.