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What's the best green stuff to colour and (more importantly) preserve
a wooden fence? Cheers Richard |
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geraldthehamster wrote:
What's the best green stuff to colour and (more importantly) preserve a wooden fence? Snot. |
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On Wed, 15 Jun 2011 13:35:27 +0000, Steve Firth wrote:
geraldthehamster wrote: What's the best green stuff to colour and (more importantly) preserve a wooden fence? Snot. Not swarfega? |
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Jules Richardson wrote:
On Wed, 15 Jun 2011 13:35:27 +0000, Steve Firth wrote: geraldthehamster wrote: What's the best green stuff to colour and (more importantly) preserve a wooden fence? Snot. Not swarfega? asparagus pee. |
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On Wed, 15 Jun 2011 06:49:01 -0700, geraldthehamster wrote:
sigh OK, OK! Swarfega-coloured paint? :-) |
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"geraldthehamster" wrote in message ... What's the best green stuff to colour and (more importantly) preserve a wooden fence? Ronseal? Also, best regardless of price (e.g. Sadolin) or best value for money? -- No plan survives contact with the enemy. [Not even bunny] Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (\__/) (='.'=) (")_(") |
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On Jun 15, 11:25*am, geraldthehamster wrote:
What's the best green stuff to colour and (more importantly) preserve a wooden fence? The stuff they use on green coloured pressure treated timber. MBQ |
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On Jun 15, 11:25*am, geraldthehamster wrote:
What's the best green stuff to colour and (more importantly) preserve a wooden fence? Cheers Richard Cuprinol 4* if you can still get it. Expensive and deadly. Comes in Clear, Brown and Green. |
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"David WE Roberts" wrote:
"geraldthehamster" wrote in message ... What's the best green stuff to colour and (more importantly) preserve a wooden fence? Ronseal? Also, best regardless of price (e.g. Sadolin) or best value for money? I found Sadolin to be useless in Italy, the sun causes it to flake off in large sheets. Its accelerated ageing compared to the UK but indicates what will happen over time. I would use Johnstones Shed and Fence paint, it has stood up well in the UK and in Italy. |
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harry wrote:
On Jun 15, 11:25 am, geraldthehamster wrote: What's the best green stuff to colour and (more importantly) preserve a wooden fence? Cheers Richard Cuprinol 4* if you can still get it. Expensive and deadly. Comes in Clear, Brown and Green. So the green one then:-)? -- Adam |
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On Wed, 15 Jun 2011 21:05:49 +0100, Steve Firth
wrote: "David WE Roberts" wrote: "geraldthehamster" wrote in message ... What's the best green stuff to colour and (more importantly) preserve a wooden fence? Ronseal? Also, best regardless of price (e.g. Sadolin) or best value for money? I found Sadolin to be useless in Italy, the sun causes it to flake off in large sheets. Its accelerated ageing compared to the UK but indicates what will happen over time. I would use Johnstones Shed and Fence paint, it has stood up well in the UK and in Italy. Just been using some of that myself - very pleasant to use. Also, for the more 'architectural' woodwork, their Quick Dry Opaque Wood Finish. Unlike several other brands, it can be tinted to requirement and covers quite well. Rod |
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On Wed, 15 Jun 2011 08:43:45 -0700 (PDT), Man at B&Q wrote:
What's the best green stuff to colour and (more importantly) preserve a wooden fence? The stuff they use on green coloured pressure treated timber. Chromated copper arsenate, it works, its probably been banned. -- Cheers Dave. |
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On Jun 15, 10:25 pm, geraldthehamster wrote:
What's the best green stuff to colour and (more importantly) preserve a wooden fence? My cheapskate neighbour uses a mixture of dieseline and old sump oil, with some green oil-based paint and some Metalex timber preservative (full of nasty stuff probably banned in the UK) |
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, geraldthehamster writes What's the best green stuff to colour and (more importantly) preserve a wooden fence? In our old house I used Cuprinol Garden Wood Preserver (or possibly the equivalent about 8-9 years ago) http://www.cuprinol.co.uk/products/garden_wood_preserver_usage.jsp It's a spirit based one, rather than water based one which seems more about colouring something, than preserving. In terms of colour it lasted pretty well IIRC. Preservative - TBH, weren't at the house really long enough after that to report back -- Chris French |
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"Dave Liquorice" wrote:
On Wed, 15 Jun 2011 08:43:45 -0700 (PDT), Man at B&Q wrote: What's the best green stuff to colour and (more importantly) preserve a wooden fence? The stuff they use on green coloured pressure treated timber. Chromated copper arsenate, it works, Not for timber buried is soil or subject to damp over extended periods. its probably been banned. Everything useful is banned. I can't find fly spray that works any more. I think current varieties are supposed to scare flies to death by making a hissing noise. |
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, Steve Firth writes "Dave Liquorice" wrote: On Wed, 15 Jun 2011 08:43:45 -0700 (PDT), Man at B&Q wrote: What's the best green stuff to colour and (more importantly) preserve a wooden fence? The stuff they use on green coloured pressure treated timber. Chromated copper arsenate, it works, Not for timber buried is soil or subject to damp over extended periods. its probably been banned. Everything useful is banned. I can't find fly spray that works any more. I think current varieties are supposed to scare flies to death by making a hissing noise. I have been disposing of Wasps nests with some old (15 years) cat flea spray:-) Nuvan Top? Excellent results. regards -- Tim Lamb |
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On 16 Jun 2011 08:28:50 GMT, Steve Firth wrote:
Chromated copper arsenate, it works, Not for timber buried is soil or subject to damp over extended periods. Is that 'cause of the risk of the arsenic leaching out or doesn't it work in the wet? -- Cheers Dave. |
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Dave Liquorice wrote:
On 16 Jun 2011 08:28:50 GMT, Steve Firth wrote: Chromated copper arsenate, it works, Not for timber buried is soil or subject to damp over extended periods. Is that 'cause of the risk of the arsenic leaching out or doesn't it work in the wet? It does work, but not forever. |
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On Jun 16, 2:28*pm, "Dave Liquorice"
wrote: On 16 Jun 2011 08:28:50 GMT, Steve Firth wrote: Chromated copper arsenate, it works, Not for timber buried is soil or subject to damp over extended periods. Is that 'cause of the risk of the arsenic leaching out or doesn't it work in the wet? -- Cheers Dave. It works good. Posts outlive the wire mesh. It's really nasty stuff, now banned. It is waterbased and is applied with an autoclave. (Suck the air out, spray & let the air back in.) It gets into the soil when someone burns the old posts/fencing. The effect is very long lasting, crops can take it up too |
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We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "Dave Liquorice" saying something like: The stuff they use on green coloured pressure treated timber. Chromated copper arsenate, it works, its probably been banned. I came across this... url:http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/research/un...nit_id=RWU4723 Which led to this... url:http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/pdf1998/perma98a.pdf Hmm... plain Copper Oxide is surprisingly effective. |
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