Keith - have you tried BD as a wood preservative? Did it mold? We are very muggy here in THE CAPITAL OF THE FREE WORLD.
-Mike Keith Addison wrote: >It says here: "Take boiled linseed oil and stir in it pulverized >charcoal to the consistency of paint. Put a coat of this over the >timber and there is not a man that will live to see it rotten." - >Everlasting Fence Posts, from Lee's Priceless Recipes, William E. >Lee, 1895. > >Probably other oils would work too even if they had a lower Iodine >Value than linseed oil and took longer to dry (polymerise). Or tung >oil. You can make a rust-proofing paint with fish oil, maybe if you >mixed it with pulverised charcoal it would work like creosote as well. > >http://journeytoforever.org//farm_library/FishPaintJTF.pdf >Anti-rust Paint from Fish-Scraps >A short guide to the technique >by M. L. Allen >Prince of Songkla University >Thailand > >I've found biodiesel makes a nice wood treatment, but it's inclined >to attract mould. What's the source of Xylitol? Can you make it >yourself? > >Best > >Keith > > > > >>Thanks Fritz, >>The oil is the just used as a delivery method biodiesel penetrates the >>best of all I tried but that would be a moot point when using pressure >>treated applications. I will be testing with other bioderadeables as well. >> >>Jim >> >>Fritz Friesinger wrote: >> >> >> >>>Hi Jim, >>>why not try doubleboiled Linseedoil mixed with Xylitol,you may get >>>better results than with Biofuel >>>let me know,how this would stand up >>>Thanks >>>Fritz >>> >>> > > >_______________________________________________ >Biofuel mailing list >Biofuel@sustainablelists.org >http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > >Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > >Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): >http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
