Creosote.....?
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Arr the good old black stuff, used to love the smell of this stuff.
Sadly banned by the EU cos it is apparently slightly chemically, shock! Now there trying to get the reuse of old sleepers and woods that have been treated banned... Of course cutting more trees down rather then recycling old wood is better for the environment...
Its available in America still if your really desperate, other then that as suggested your on to substitutes.
(Personally I recommend pressure soaking in red diesel, but I never said that)
Edit to add Some quotes from wikipedia I remembered from a while back just to point out how overboard we are now going.
"The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has determined that coal tar creosote is probably carcinogenic to humans, based on adequate animal evidence and limited human evidence. It is instructive to note that the animal testing relied upon by IARC involved the continuous application of creosote to the shaved skin of rodents. After weeks of creosote application, the animals developed cancerous skin lesions and in one test, lesions of the lung."
"A 2005 mortality study of creosote workers found no evidence supporting an increased risk of cancer death as a result of exposure to creosote. Based on the findings of the largest mortality study to date of workers employed in creosote wood treating plants, there is no evidence that employment at creosote wood-treating plants or exposure to creosote-based preservatives was associated with any significant mortality increase from either site-specific cancers or non-malignant diseases. The study consisted of 2,179 employees at eleven plants in the United States where wood was treated with creosote preservatives. Some workers began work in the 1940s to 1950s. The observation period of the study covered 1979- 2001. The average length of employment was 12.5 years. One third of the study subjects was employed for over 15 years."
It is however of course FAR too deadly to ever go near your shed.
Sadly banned by the EU cos it is apparently slightly chemically, shock! Now there trying to get the reuse of old sleepers and woods that have been treated banned... Of course cutting more trees down rather then recycling old wood is better for the environment...
Its available in America still if your really desperate, other then that as suggested your on to substitutes.
(Personally I recommend pressure soaking in red diesel, but I never said that)
Edit to add Some quotes from wikipedia I remembered from a while back just to point out how overboard we are now going.
"The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has determined that coal tar creosote is probably carcinogenic to humans, based on adequate animal evidence and limited human evidence. It is instructive to note that the animal testing relied upon by IARC involved the continuous application of creosote to the shaved skin of rodents. After weeks of creosote application, the animals developed cancerous skin lesions and in one test, lesions of the lung."
"A 2005 mortality study of creosote workers found no evidence supporting an increased risk of cancer death as a result of exposure to creosote. Based on the findings of the largest mortality study to date of workers employed in creosote wood treating plants, there is no evidence that employment at creosote wood-treating plants or exposure to creosote-based preservatives was associated with any significant mortality increase from either site-specific cancers or non-malignant diseases. The study consisted of 2,179 employees at eleven plants in the United States where wood was treated with creosote preservatives. Some workers began work in the 1940s to 1950s. The observation period of the study covered 1979- 2001. The average length of employment was 12.5 years. One third of the study subjects was employed for over 15 years."
It is however of course FAR too deadly to ever go near your shed.
Edited by eddie1980 on Monday 11th May 17:04
Simpo Two said:
Ahh, creosote 
None of this namby-pamby green water at £25 a tin! If it's environmentally friendly, it ain't gonna work - you need death, destruction and VOCs.
Would normally agree that anything without deadly chemicals aint gonna work, but on this I'll disagree. Please don't take a-fenceNone of this namby-pamby green water at £25 a tin! If it's environmentally friendly, it ain't gonna work - you need death, destruction and VOCs.
The water-based fence stuff goes on a treat, no gloves needed, splashes on ya just wipe off and you can clean the brush in the kitchen sink!
Just give it a coat every couple of years.
You can drown by putting your head in a bucket of water. At this very moment the EU pencil-munchers are wondering how they can ban water. And buckets of course.
mgtony said:
The water-based fence stuff goes on a treat, no gloves needed, splashes on ya just wipe off and you can clean the brush in the kitchen sink! Just give it a coat every couple of years.
You're entirely right. It wears off after two years, needing another tin of green water for £25 Edited by Simpo Two on Monday 11th May 17:20
t wood! use oak or cedar! Not sure that helps?!
mgtony said:
Simpo Two said:
Ahh, creosote
None of this namby-pamby green water at £25 a tin! If it's environmentally friendly, it ain't gonna work - you need death, destruction and VOCs.
Would normally agree that anything without deadly chemicals aint gonna work, but on this I'll disagree. Please don't take a-fenceNone of this namby-pamby green water at £25 a tin! If it's environmentally friendly, it ain't gonna work - you need death, destruction and VOCs.
The water-based fence stuff goes on a treat, no gloves needed, splashes on ya just wipe off and you can clean the brush in the kitchen sink!
Just give it a coat every couple of months.
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