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Garden fence treatment
Just bought twenty 6x6 panels and I have decided to treat them now
instead of leaving for a year and then treating them. Recommendations on what to use please? I would like a colour like light gold, not brown, or perhaps a light green. Something that will be absorbed, but will work and preserve and last for a few years. With the fav creosote now sadly gone I am a bit lost. |
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"EricP" wrote in message ... Just bought twenty 6x6 panels and I have decided to treat them now instead of leaving for a year and then treating them. Recommendations on what to use please? I would like a colour like light gold, not brown, or perhaps a light green. Something that will be absorbed, but will work and preserve and last for a few years. With the fav creosote now sadly gone I am a bit lost. Sensible approach . Do them whilst laying flat. |
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Sensible approach . Do them whilst laying flat. Unless Eric has very long arms, he'll struggle to paint the top of the fence in that position Noz |
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"EricP" wrote in message ... Just bought twenty 6x6 panels and I have decided to treat them now instead of leaving for a year and then treating them. Recommendations on what to use please? I would like a colour like light gold, not brown, or perhaps a light green. Something that will be absorbed, but will work and preserve and last for a few years. With the fav creosote now sadly gone I am a bit lost. I also sadly miss creosote but there is always creosote substitute. Wickes stocks a light gold, the Bartoline website mentions Conifer Green though I have never seen it. Jim A |
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"Jim Alexander" wrote in message ... "EricP" wrote in message ... Just bought twenty 6x6 panels and I have decided to treat them now instead of leaving for a year and then treating them. Recommendations on what to use please? I would like a colour like light gold, not brown, or perhaps a light green. Something that will be absorbed, but will work and preserve and last for a few years. With the fav creosote now sadly gone I am a bit lost. I also sadly miss creosote but there is always creosote substitute. Wickes stocks a light gold, the Bartoline website mentions Conifer Green though I have never seen it. Jim A You can still get genuine creosote at my local builders merchant. I haven't tried to purchase any because it's in 25 Litre containers. It might be old stock, but it's definitely there. Nothing can be less pleasant that creosote substitute in my experience. |
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On Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:24:33 +0100, "Jim Alexander"
wrote: "EricP" wrote in message .. . Just bought twenty 6x6 panels and I have decided to treat them now instead of leaving for a year and then treating them. Recommendations on what to use please? I would like a colour like light gold, not brown, or perhaps a light green. Something that will be absorbed, but will work and preserve and last for a few years. With the fav creosote now sadly gone I am a bit lost. I also sadly miss creosote but there is always creosote substitute. Wickes stocks a light gold, the Bartoline website mentions Conifer Green though I have never seen it. Jim A I am going to Wickes for something else. I will look. Many thanks. |
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On Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:49:42 +0100, "Vortex3"
wrote: "Jim Alexander" wrote in message ... "EricP" wrote in message ... Just bought twenty 6x6 panels and I have decided to treat them now instead of leaving for a year and then treating them. Recommendations on what to use please? I would like a colour like light gold, not brown, or perhaps a light green. Something that will be absorbed, but will work and preserve and last for a few years. With the fav creosote now sadly gone I am a bit lost. I also sadly miss creosote but there is always creosote substitute. Wickes stocks a light gold, the Bartoline website mentions Conifer Green though I have never seen it. Jim A You can still get genuine creosote at my local builders merchant. I haven't tried to purchase any because it's in 25 Litre containers. It might be old stock, but it's definitely there. Nothing can be less pleasant that creosote substitute in my experience. So I have been told, and thanks for confirming. Thanks for the tip about the real stuff. I may be able to club together with a couple of neighbours! |
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"EricP" wrote in message ... On Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:49:42 +0100, "Vortex3" wrote: "Jim Alexander" wrote in message ... "EricP" wrote in message ... Just bought twenty 6x6 panels and I have decided to treat them now instead of leaving for a year and then treating them. Recommendations on what to use please? I would like a colour like light gold, not brown, or perhaps a light green. Something that will be absorbed, but will work and preserve and last for a few years. With the fav creosote now sadly gone I am a bit lost. I also sadly miss creosote but there is always creosote substitute. Wickes stocks a light gold, the Bartoline website mentions Conifer Green though I have never seen it. Jim A You can still get genuine creosote at my local builders merchant. I haven't tried to purchase any because it's in 25 Litre containers. It might be old stock, but it's definitely there. Nothing can be less pleasant that creosote substitute in my experience. So I have been told, and thanks for confirming. Thanks for the tip about the real stuff. I may be able to club together with a couple of neighbours! If you're in the south you need to check out Buildbase. www.buildbase.co.uk I suspect it may be necessary to convince them you are "trade" or perhaps a farmer. |
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Nozza wrote:
In article , John said... Sensible approach . Do them whilst laying flat. Unless Eric has very long arms, he'll struggle to paint the top of the fence in that position Noz Why's that? Any point on a 6ft panel is never more than 3ft from one of the edges - all you have to do is walk around. Andy |
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On 21 Aug, 21:49, "Vortex3" wrote:
"Jim Alexander" wrote in message ... "EricP" wrote in message .. . Just bought twenty 6x6 panels and I have decided to treat them now instead of leaving for a year and then treating them. Recommendations on what to use please? I would like a colour like light gold, not brown, or perhaps a light green. Something *that will be absorbed, but will work and preserve and last for a few years. With the fav creosote now sadly gone I am a bit lost. I also sadly miss creosote but there is always creosote substitute. Wickes stocks a light gold, the Bartoline website mentions Conifer Green though I have never seen it. Jim A You can still get genuine creosote at my local builders merchant. *I haven't tried to purchase any because it's in 25 Litre containers. *It might be old stock, but it's definitely there. Nothing can be less pleasant that creosote substitute in my experience.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Dear All That is very suprising! If true the vendor and user places themselves at risk of prosecution - ok the risk is low but it is there and in reality the S s*** is only likely to hit the fan if there is some form of accident or someone "complains" (nosy next door neighbours abound!). Note The approval for advertisement and sale of amateur products by the company that holds the approval for creosote/coal tar creosote products under the Control of Pesticides Regulations, or their agents expired on 28 February 2003. As such, any approval holder or their agent currently advertising or selling amateur products may be liable to prosecution. Enforcement will be carried out by HSE, local authority Environmental Health Officers or local authority Trading Standards Officers. Prosecutions may be brought under the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985. read it all up on http://www.hse.gov.uk/biocides/copr/creosote.htm If you do have access to real creosote (as opposed to a store that is conning you that what they are selling is the real thing when it is not) then I would recommend good gloves and skin protection and would not wash the brushes down the drain! Chris G |
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Andy Champ wrote:
Nozza wrote: In article , John said... Sensible approach . Do them whilst laying flat. Unless Eric has very long arms, he'll struggle to paint the top of the fence in that position Why's that? Any point on a 6ft panel is never more than 3ft from one of the edges - all you have to do is walk around. Whooosh! Pete |
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