On 18/01/2021 09:59, Jeff Layman wrote:
On 18/01/2021 07:03, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 17/01/2021 14:38, Jeff Layman wrote:
On 17/01/2021 12:46, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 17/01/2021 10:45, Jonathan Ward wrote:
On Saturday, January 16, 2021 at 4:18:40 PM UTC, Pwllgloyw wrote:
What is the best treatment to remove moss from a fairly old rough
tarmac
surface please?

Ta
Armillotox

Jonathan

thats for fungus, not moss.

It's for neither. It lost its approval for use as a fungicide 17 years
ago! It can still be used as a disinfectant, and if it got spilt by
accident on some fungus or other...

"Armillatox cannot be claimed as a Honey Fungus treatment but because it
is exactly the same formulation as it was in the days when it was called
a Honey Fungus treatment (in fact, Armillatox was invented for this
purposes - hence the name) that as a side effect of using the chemical
as a soap based garden cleaner, Honey Fungus can be treated."

https://www.landscapejuice.com/2008/...ing-honey.html

Well, if you must quote a 13-years-old article, good luck finding a
container of Armillatox which actually contains the active ingredients
in it from 5 years before that article! In fact, the MSDS from the time
of its ban is he
http://www.sherriffamenity.com/UserAssets/MSDS/Armillatox%20MSDS.pdf

Have a look at
http://btckstorage.blob.core.windows.net/site11108/Fungicides-for-home-gardeners-March-2016.pdf,
Category 4 - Tar acids and oils. It states:
Active IngredientÂ*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* Proprietary Name
Tar acids and oilsÂ*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* Armillatox Soap Based Outdoor Cleaner*
* this product will be discontinued this year and an alternative
Armillatox Cleaner product will become available.

Whether or not it was reformulated, and, if so, with what, I haven't
been able to find out. This would suggest it's "made from naturally
occurring ingredients and is completely bio-degradable"
http://www.gablesgardens.co.uk/detail/1913-LT0071D/.

It would be interesting to look at any currently-available Armillatox
(if you can find any!) and browse theÂ* label to see what's in it.


it was *designed* for honey fungus. Hence the name.


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Future generations will wonder in bemused amazement that the early
twenty-first century’s developed world went into hysterical panic over a
globally average temperature increase of a few tenths of a degree, and,
on the basis of gross exaggerations of highly uncertain computer
projections combined into implausible chains of inference, proceeded to
contemplate a rollback of the industrial age.

Richard Lindzen