On Mon, 14 Jul 2014 08:21:58 -0400, Stormin Mormon
wrote:

On 7/14/2014 8:07 AM, wrote:
For killing oily weeds like poison ivey, some people fing adding a
few spoonfulls of diesel fuel does the trick - it acts as a
surfactant, wetting the leaves more effectively


I can imagine diesel and ivy oil mixing, but
that doesn't make it a surfactant.
I didn't say it WAS a surfactant. I said it ACTS AS a surfactant -
wetting the leaves more effectively.