Treating Wood in Garden
I have various wooden items in my garden: raised beds, supports for runner beans, netting frames etc. The wood I have used was all treated (tanalised?). What treatment would people suggest for not just painting the wood, but soaking in and protecting it from rotting? Named product recommendations appreciated. Cheers. |
Treating Wood in Garden
On Sunday, 4 September 2016 12:53:21 UTC+1, Lomas wrote:
I have various wooden items in my garden: raised beds, supports for runner beans, netting frames etc. The wood I have used was all treated (tanalised?). What treatment would people suggest for not just painting the wood, but soaking in and protecting it from rotting? Named product recommendations appreciated. Cheers. All the really good preservatives have been banned. The bits that really need treating are hidden unless you are prepared to dig them out. Cuprinol is good (ish) but expensive. But not as good as it one was. If your tanalising was done years ago it was good (Arsenic and copper salts.) Nowadays it is **** (Chromium salts I think.) |
Treating Wood in Garden
On 04/09/2016 12:53, Lomas wrote:
I have various wooden items in my garden: raised beds, supports for runner beans, netting frames etc. The wood I have used was all treated (tanalised?). What treatment would people suggest for not just painting the wood, but soaking in and protecting it from rotting? Named product recommendations appreciated. Cheers. If you want a decorative finish ... then Sadolin Classic is about as good as it gets unless you pay for dome very expensive Sikkens products. For decking - use decking oil. |
Treating Wood in Garden
On Sunday, 4 September 2016 18:01:45 UTC+1, harry wrote:
On Sunday, 4 September 2016 12:53:21 UTC+1, Lomas wrote: I have various wooden items in my garden: raised beds, supports for runner beans, netting frames etc. The wood I have used was all treated (tanalised?). What treatment would people suggest for not just painting the wood, but soaking in and protecting it from rotting? Named product recommendations appreciated. Cheers. All the really good preservatives have been banned. The bits that really need treating are hidden unless you are prepared to dig them out. Cuprinol is good (ish) but expensive. But not as good as it one was. If your tanalising was done years ago it was good (Arsenic and copper salts.) Nowadays it is **** (Chromium salts I think.) It's time we formulated our own. I offer borax, copper powder & used oil. What else could go in? NT |
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Lomas Wrote in message:
I have various wooden items in my garden: raised beds, supports for runner beans, netting frames etc. The wood I have used was all treated (tanalised?). What treatment would people suggest for not just painting the wood, but soaking in and protecting it from rotting? Named product recommendations appreciated. Cheers. Creosote -- Jim K ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ |
Treating Wood in Garden
On Tue, 6 Sep 2016 00:15:55 +0100 (GMT+01:00), jim k wrote:
Lomas Wrote in message: What treatment would people suggest for not just painting the wood, but soaking in and protecting it from rotting? Named product recommendations appreciated Creosote Creosote is deadly to cats and dogs, proberbly best to stick with some of the new treatments, and not the 'old' tin in the back of the shed. |
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Derek wrote:
On Tue, 6 Sep 2016 00:15:55 +0100 (GMT+01:00), jim k wrote: Lomas Wrote in message: What treatment would people suggest for not just painting the wood, but soaking in and protecting it from rotting? Named product recommendations appreciated Creosote Creosote is deadly to cats and dogs, proberbly best to stick with some of the new treatments, and not the 'old' tin in the back of the shed. Never seemed to do ours any harm. Tim -- Trolls AND TROLL FEEDERS all go in my kill file |
Treating Wood in Garden
On Tue, 6 Sep 2016 06:49:45 -0000 (UTC), Tim+
wrote: Creosote Creosote is deadly to cats and dogs, proberbly best to stick with some of the new treatments, and not the 'old' tin in the back of the shed. Never seemed to do ours any harm. How many coats did you put on them? G.Harman |
Treating Wood in Garden
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wrote: On Tue, 6 Sep 2016 06:49:45 -0000 (UTC), Tim+ wrote: Creosote Creosote is deadly to cats and dogs, proberbly best to stick with some of the new treatments, and not the 'old' tin in the back of the shed. Never seemed to do ours any harm. How many coats did you put on them? Or did you feed it to them? Yes. That myth is crap, and seems to have been invented to encourage the public to accept the creosote ban. Like so many things, it is mildly carcinogenic, but is really only a danger to people who work with it all the time - so the solution adopted was to ban it for private use. The same was done for benomyl and many other things. http://www.hse.gov.uk/biocides/copr/creosote.htm Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
Treating Wood in Garden
On 06/09/2016 00:15, jim wrote:
Lomas Wrote in message: I have various wooden items in my garden: raised beds, supports for runner beans, netting frames etc. The wood I have used was all treated (tanalised?). What treatment would people suggest for not just painting the wood, but soaking in and protecting it from rotting? Named product recommendations appreciated. Cheers. Creosote Not on sale to public anymore |
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On Tuesday, 6 September 2016 13:16:15 UTC+1, rick wrote:
On 06/09/2016 00:15, jim wrote: Lomas Wrote in message: What treatment would people suggest for not just painting the wood, but soaking in and protecting it from rotting? Named product recommendations appreciated. Creosote Not on sale to public anymore easy enough to make, but I don't know what the legal position is on that now. NT |
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On 06/09/2016 13:06, Nick Maclaren wrote:
In article , wrote: On Tue, 6 Sep 2016 06:49:45 -0000 (UTC), Tim+ wrote: Creosote Creosote is deadly to cats and dogs, proberbly best to stick with some of the new treatments, and not the 'old' tin in the back of the shed. Never seemed to do ours any harm. How many coats did you put on them? Or did you feed it to them? Yes. That myth is crap, and seems to have been invented to encourage the public to accept the creosote ban. Like so many things, it is mildly carcinogenic, but is really only a danger to people who work with it all the time - so the solution adopted was to ban it for private use. The same was done for benomyl and many other things. http://www.hse.gov.uk/biocides/copr/creosote.htm Regards, Nick Maclaren. There are also far better products to use than creosote .. it was very messy to apply and would happily stain clothes months later. |
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On Tuesday, 6 September 2016 18:22:05 UTC+1, rick wrote:
Creosote There are also far better products to use than creosote .. it was very messy to apply and would happily stain clothes months later. The only better preservatives I know of are high toxicity arsenic compounds, which aren't appropriate for home use. NT |
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You could try scraping some from inside your chimney? |
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rick wrote:
On 06/09/2016 13:06, Nick Maclaren wrote: In article , wrote: On Tue, 6 Sep 2016 06:49:45 -0000 (UTC), Tim+ wrote: Creosote Creosote is deadly to cats and dogs, proberbly best to stick with some of the new treatments, and not the 'old' tin in the back of the shed. Never seemed to do ours any harm. How many coats did you put on them? Or did you feed it to them? Yes. That myth is crap, and seems to have been invented to encourage the public to accept the creosote ban. Like so many things, it is mildly carcinogenic, but is really only a danger to people who work with it all the time - so the solution adopted was to ban it for private use. The same was done for benomyl and many other things. http://www.hse.gov.uk/biocides/copr/creosote.htm Regards, Nick Maclaren. There are also far better products to use than creosote .. it was very messy to apply and would happily stain clothes months later. I used it for the garage loft timbers, the smell wore off after about 10 years! It also drifted through the house. We told the visitors it was down to the coal tar soap we used! |
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On Tuesday, September 6, 2016 at 7:46:10 AM UTC+1, Derek wrote:
On Tue, 6 Sep 2016 00:15:55 +0100 (GMT+01:00), jim k wrote: Lomas Wrote in message: What treatment would people suggest for not just painting the wood, but soaking in and protecting it from rotting? Named product recommendations appreciated Creosote Creosote is deadly to cats and dogs, proberbly best to stick with some of the new treatments, and not the 'old' tin in the back of the shed. That be better than the powdered glass in a sausage ? |
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On Wednesday, September 7, 2016 at 1:18:11 PM UTC+1, fred wrote:
On Tuesday, September 6, 2016 at 7:46:10 AM UTC+1, Derek wrote: On Tue, 6 Sep 2016 00:15:55 +0100 (GMT+01:00), jim k wrote: Lomas Wrote in message: What treatment would people suggest for not just painting the wood, but soaking in and protecting it from rotting? Named product recommendations appreciated Creosote Creosote is deadly to cats and dogs, proberbly best to stick with some of the new treatments, and not the 'old' tin in the back of the shed. That be better than the powdered glass in a sausage ? Powdered glass may not be dangerous to eat apparently! Try Googling it. Just an old fiction writer's tale. |
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