aemeijers wrote in
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Dan Espen wrote:
"W. Watson" writes:

Smitty Two wrote:
In article ,
"W. Watson" wrote:

Well, I had a meltdown with one my blue plastic tarps by leaving
it in the sun and outdoors too long. Little blue strands are now
in the gravel and some plant areas. How to get rid of them? Maybe
there's something non-toxic that will dissolve them? Other ideas?
Do you have opposing thumbs?
Unfortunately, my question was posted near the start of a long trip.
Now I have an opportunity to respond. Do you something a little more
positive to say?

Pardon me, I forgot to mention the particles are about 1 mm in
diameter. My guess is there's a simple chemical that will do the
job, that is, dissolve them.

A chemical that dissolves plastic is bound to be toxic.
Bad idea.

Use those opposing thumbs.

A blower may help separate the plastic from the gravel but sooner
or later to you need to pick it up and dispose of it.

Ignore it and it will go away. Really. The process is already well
underway- another few months, and the UV will break down and/or bleach
those particles into invisibility. The past 3 years, visiting my other
house down is Katrina/Rita country, I've been observing the blue
roofs, and the half-life of those tarps seems to be about 18 months in
the Louisiana sun. Like the other guy said, a leaf blower may help, if
you can finnese the speed and distance and angle of attack to avoid
getting the gravel airborne.

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aem sends...

Birds will haul a lot of it away. Blue tarps are popular where I am. I've
found many old birds nest around containing the blue strings. I guess it
makes a kick-ass nest like the brick house of the 3 pigs story.