king 11,664 Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 No doubt its the best wood preserver available..the original creosote is still available..but only for professional use and the trade.. How long will a garden fence smell for as I'm considering using some. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marvel 459 Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 16 minutes ago, king said: No doubt its the best wood preserver available..the original creosote is still available..but only for professional use and the trade.. How long will a garden fence smell for as I'm considering using some. Thought they had band it year’s ago, if it’s the old stuff it’ll be howling for weeks 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
king 11,664 Posted March 19 Author Report Share Posted March 19 5 minutes ago, Marvel said: Thought they had band it year’s ago, if it’s the old stuff it’ll be howling for weeks You can still buy the proper creosote mate..so stinking for weeks you recon.. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jok 3,036 Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 Best anti snail/slug rodent around the garden. Does ping a bit though. Her indoors says, no way hose. Jok. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mel b 1,131 Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 49 minutes ago, king said: No doubt its the best wood preserver available..the original creosote is still available..but only for professional use and the trade.. How long will a garden fence smell for as I'm considering using some. The smell is very strong for the first couple of weeks, then it starts to fade , but , you'll always get a whiff of it , even after years , and especially on warm days. 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ditchman 1,508 Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 used to coat the turkey houses with it during the summer.............used to burn my eyebrows off........... 3 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
king 11,664 Posted March 19 Author Report Share Posted March 19 6 minutes ago, mel b said: The smell is very strong for the first couple of weeks, then it starts to fade , but , you'll always get a whiff of it , even after years , and especially on warm days. The reason I'm thinking of using it as it will penetrate the wood and preserve it for a long time..the useless stuff I've been using is ronseal and its water based. You can litterly jet wash it off the fence and its back to bare wood.. so maybe creosote is the answer and put up with the smell mate.. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poxon 5,555 Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 My misses dad used to mix used engine oil and creosote he made a fence out of old pallets at the back of there garden the bloody thing stood nearly 40 years till my mother inlaw decided it was time to get some fence contractors in to put a modern fence up.he was pissed when he realised he couldn’t get proper creosote no more he said this fence will be rotted out within 5-7years he recons the modern stuff shit 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poxon 5,555 Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 6 minutes ago, ditchman said: used to coat the turkey houses with it during the summer.............used to burn my eyebrows off........... Good to keep red mite at bay when I was in the poultry trade we use to do the roots bars with it 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
king 11,664 Posted March 19 Author Report Share Posted March 19 6 minutes ago, poxon said: My misses dad used to mix used engine oil and creosote he made a fence out of old pallets at the back of there garden the bloody thing stood nearly 40 years till my mother inlaw decided it was time to get some fence contractors in to put a modern fence up.he was pissed when he realised he couldn’t get proper creosote no more he said this fence will be rotted out within 5-7years he recons the modern stuff shit That's some life span mate 40yrs..there's no doubt its amazing stuff.. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
king 11,664 Posted March 19 Author Report Share Posted March 19 13 minutes ago, ditchman said: used to coat the turkey houses with it during the summer.............used to burn my eyebrows off........... Bet it stank in there for a long time after mate.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poxon 5,555 Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 Just now, king said: That's some life span mate 40yrs..there's no doubt its amazing stuff.. Brilliant stuff mate nothing wants to eat in to it or f**k with it he said paint it on on a hot day so the wood don’t contain any moisture it draws it in. he reconned that’s what the original telegraph poles are done in sort of makes sence as they have a long life span 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
king 11,664 Posted March 19 Author Report Share Posted March 19 4 minutes ago, poxon said: Brilliant stuff mate nothing wants to eat in to it or f**k with it he said paint it on on a hot day so the wood don’t contain any moisture it draws it in. he reconned that’s what the original telegraph poles are done in sort of makes sence as they have a long life span I read this earlier about the telegraph poles..100yrs is crazy lol 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ditchman 1,508 Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 29 minutes ago, king said: Bet it stank in there for a long time after mate.. the outside only ...the houses were built out of marine ply.....the houses would house about 10,000 birds....when the houses were emptied we used to wash the inside with formaldehde......now that stuff stunk 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Daniel cain 42,890 Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 I love the smell of the stuff.....same as Poxon,we used to mix it with used engine oil for everything timber down the allotments.... shit lasts for time,modern tanalised timber is shite in comparison Got a few mates who work on the telegraph poles,and they can still get it 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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