I am going to be installing quite a lot of 1/2 round flog roll garden edging.
It comes pressure treated .... but want to give it some more help.

Thinking of dipping each roll for an hour in a solvent based wood preserver .... as that stuff soaks in well.

Years ago I used to use Cuprinol preserver. That had consistency of paraffin ...and was green in colour.

Dont know if that is still available .... but be good to know recommendations of suitable product.

On Saturday, 29 February 2020 22:06:33 UTC, Osprey wrote:
I am going to be installing quite a lot of 1/2 round flog roll garden edging.
It comes pressure treated .... but want to give it some more help.

Thinking of dipping each roll for an hour in a solvent based wood preserver .... as that stuff soaks in well.

Years ago I used to use Cuprinol preserver. That had consistency of paraffin ...and was green in colour.

Dont know if that is still available .... but be good to know recommendations of suitable product.

Creosote is the only good one now. It kills plants of course.
Cuprinol was copper powder in oil, hence the name. I daresay the original formula could be made fairly easily, but it requires very frequent stirring in use.


NT

On Sunday, 1 March 2020 00:30:14 UTC, wrote:
On Saturday, 29 February 2020 22:06:33 UTC, Osprey wrote:
I am going to be installing quite a lot of 1/2 round flog roll garden edging.
It comes pressure treated .... but want to give it some more help.

Thinking of dipping each roll for an hour in a solvent based wood preserver .... as that stuff soaks in well.

Years ago I used to use Cuprinol preserver. That had consistency of paraffin ...and was green in colour.

Dont know if that is still available .... but be good to know recommendations of suitable product.

Creosote is the only good one now. It kills plants of course.
Cuprinol was copper powder in oil, hence the name. I daresay the original formula could be made fairly easily, but it requires very frequent stirring in use.




Creosote was banned years ago (Carcinogenic.)
You get creoCote now. Looks & smells the same. Dunno how good it is.

Like most things, Creosote once applied was pretty benign, I guess like a
lot of substances it was the person who was exposed to it for long periods
who were at risk.
I remember loving the smell of that stuff when I was young.

Brian

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"harry" wrote in message
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On Sunday, 1 March 2020 00:30:14 UTC, wrote:
On Saturday, 29 February 2020 22:06:33 UTC, Osprey wrote:
I am going to be installing quite a lot of 1/2 round flog roll garden
edging.
It comes pressure treated .... but want to give it some more help.

Thinking of dipping each roll for an hour in a solvent based wood
preserver .... as that stuff soaks in well.

Years ago I used to use Cuprinol preserver. That had consistency of
paraffin ...and was green in colour.

Don't know if that is still available .... but be good to know
recommendations of suitable product.

Creosote is the only good one now. It kills plants of course.
Cuprinol was copper powder in oil, hence the name. I daresay the original
formula could be made fairly easily, but it requires very frequent
stirring in use.




Creosote was banned years ago (Carcinogenic.)
You get creoCote now. Looks & smells the same. Dunno how good it is.

Brian Gaff (Sofa 2) wrote

Like most things, Creosote once applied was pretty benign, I guess like a
lot of substances it was the person who was exposed to it for long periods
who were at risk.

I remember loving the smell of that stuff when I was young.

They sniff glue now.

"harry" wrote in message
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On Sunday, 1 March 2020 00:30:14 UTC, wrote:
On Saturday, 29 February 2020 22:06:33 UTC, Osprey wrote:
I am going to be installing quite a lot of 1/2 round flog roll garden
edging.
It comes pressure treated .... but want to give it some more help.

Thinking of dipping each roll for an hour in a solvent based wood
preserver .... as that stuff soaks in well.

Years ago I used to use Cuprinol preserver. That had consistency of
paraffin ...and was green in colour.

Don't know if that is still available .... but be good to know
recommendations of suitable product.

Creosote is the only good one now. It kills plants of course.
Cuprinol was copper powder in oil, hence the name. I daresay the original
formula could be made fairly easily, but it requires very frequent
stirring in use.




Creosote was banned years ago (Carcinogenic.)
You get creoCote now. Looks & smells the same. Dunno how good it is.

On Sunday, 1 March 2020 08:52:12 UTC, harry wrote:
On Sunday, 1 March 2020 00:30:14 UTC, tabby wrote:
On Saturday, 29 February 2020 22:06:33 UTC, Osprey wrote:

I am going to be installing quite a lot of 1/2 round flog roll garden edging.
It comes pressure treated .... but want to give it some more help.

Thinking of dipping each roll for an hour in a solvent based wood preserver .... as that stuff soaks in well.

Years ago I used to use Cuprinol preserver. That had consistency of paraffin ...and was green in colour.

Dont know if that is still available .... but be good to know recommendations of suitable product.

Creosote is the only good one now. It kills plants of course.
Cuprinol was copper powder in oil, hence the name. I daresay the original formula could be made fairly easily, but it requires very frequent stirring in use.




Creosote was banned years ago (Carcinogenic.)

not entirely, it's still usable professionally

You get creoCote now. Looks & smells the same. Dunno how good it is.

junk, it's just a good brand name.


NT

Not any more I don't think, they took the solvent based glues off the
shelves.
Its like petrol. Lots of people like that smell do they not. It would be
interesting to find out quite why. Some tar is also quite nice to smell. Its
not going to make you high, its just the smell itself of these things. When
I think about carbon tech. and we used regularly at companies I worked at
its a wonder we are still here!

Brian

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"Rod Speed" wrote in message
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Brian Gaff (Sofa 2) wrote

Like most things, Creosote once applied was pretty benign, I guess like a
lot of substances it was the person who was exposed to it for long
periods who were at risk.

I remember loving the smell of that stuff when I was young.

They sniff glue now.

"harry" wrote in message
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On Sunday, 1 March 2020 00:30:14 UTC, wrote:
On Saturday, 29 February 2020 22:06:33 UTC, Osprey wrote:
I am going to be installing quite a lot of 1/2 round flog roll garden
edging.
It comes pressure treated .... but want to give it some more help.

Thinking of dipping each roll for an hour in a solvent based wood
preserver .... as that stuff soaks in well.

Years ago I used to use Cuprinol preserver. That had consistency of
paraffin ...and was green in colour.

Don't know if that is still available .... but be good to know
recommendations of suitable product.

Creosote is the only good one now. It kills plants of course.
Cuprinol was copper powder in oil, hence the name. I daresay the
original formula could be made fairly easily, but it requires very
frequent stirring in use.




Creosote was banned years ago (Carcinogenic.)
You get creoCote now. Looks & smells the same. Dunno how good it is.

On Sun, 1 Mar 2020 20:15:01 +1100, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again:


I remember loving the smell of that stuff when I was young.

They sniff glue now.

Or troll on Usenet like you clinically insane senile idiot keep doing! At
least they didn't yet manage to get a website dedicated to their idiotic
trolling like you did!

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harry wrote:
On Sunday, 1 March 2020 00:30:14 UTC, wrote:
On Saturday, 29 February 2020 22:06:33 UTC, Osprey wrote:
I am going to be installing quite a lot of 1/2 round flog roll garden edging.
It comes pressure treated .... but want to give it some more help.

Thinking of dipping each roll for an hour in a solvent based wood preserver .... as that stuff soaks in well.

Years ago I used to use Cuprinol preserver. That had consistency of paraffin ...and was green in colour.

Don‘t know if that is still available .... but be good to know recommendations of suitable product.

Creosote is the only good one now. It kills plants of course.
Cuprinol was copper powder in oil, hence the name. I daresay the original formula could be made fairly easily, but it requires very frequent stirring in use.




Creosote was banned years ago (Carcinogenic.)
You get creoCote now. Looks & smells the same. Dunno how good it is.

our local garden fencing supplier still has both. Creosote is in larger
containers. I suspect it was banned for "consumer" use, but still avaiable
to trade customers who would have the correct PPE.

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On 01/03/2020 08:52, harry wrote:
On Sunday, 1 March 2020 00:30:14 UTC, wrote:
On Saturday, 29 February 2020 22:06:33 UTC, Osprey wrote:
I am going to be installing quite a lot of 1/2 round flog roll garden edging.
It comes pressure treated .... but want to give it some more help.

Thinking of dipping each roll for an hour in a solvent based wood preserver .... as that stuff soaks in well.

Years ago I used to use Cuprinol preserver. That had consistency of paraffin ...and was green in colour.

Dont know if that is still available .... but be good to know recommendations of suitable product.

Creosote is the only good one now. It kills plants of course.
Cuprinol was copper powder in oil, hence the name. I daresay the original formula could be made fairly easily, but it requires very frequent stirring in use.




Creosote was banned years ago (Carcinogenic.)

Only for "non professional" use. Its still readily available in bulk
(i.e. 20L containers and over)

e.g. one of many:

https://www.creosotesales.co.uk/



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On 29/02/2020 22:06, Osprey wrote:
I am going to be installing quite a lot of 1/2 round flog roll garden
edging. It comes pressure treated .... but want to give it some more
help.

Thinking of dipping each roll for an hour in a solvent based wood
preserver .... as that stuff soaks in well.

Years ago I used to use Cuprinol preserver. That had consistency of
paraffin ...and was green in colour.

You can still get solvent based cuprinol.

I also used some of this recently:

https://www.toolstation.com/wood-pro...rver-5l/p41022

That seems to penetrate well, and also adds some water repelling
properties.



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John Rumm wrote:

I also used some of this recently:
https://www.toolstation.com/wood-pro...rver-5l/p41022

I've been applying that to my new outdoor railings. It's a lot thinner than
I was expecting and dries well before the stipulated six hour gap until you
can add a second coat, so I wonder if I shook it up enough before use. It
wasn't easy to do that, since I had to more or less destroy the cap/stopper
in order to open the tin.