On Aug 12, 9:38*pm, "Bob F" wrote:
Linda Hungerford wrote:
On Aug 12, 5:42 pm, "Bob F" wrote:
Frank Thompson wrote:
for home made fence post preservative should proportion
be 2 pts diesel fuel :1 pt motor oil or the reverse of this

The correct answer is NO.

I have heard that used motor oil can be used to preserve fence posts.
The ends are soaked as far up the post as one can manage, at least
overnight (if i recall correctly).
Then again, there is osage...!

Lots of poisons can be used. That does not mean they should be used.

then prime them and paint them two or three times. still vote for
osage tho.
Linda H.