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Old 03-04-2003, 03:44 PM
Jim Lewis
 
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Default [IBC] Alternative for lime sulphor

I am not able to find lime sulphor in
the stores in Croatia. Is there any
alternative for it?

I have some deadwood that I want to
preserve.


Lime sulfur has VERY little long-term preservative power. It
probably helps keep mold or mildew off the bare wood for a while,
but has little (maybe no) effect on the organisms that cause wood
to rot. Lime sulfur is used primarily to turn dead wood white.

You need to use a wood preservative of some sort -- the kind that
is used to protect wooden porches, etc. from rotting. I have no
idea, of course, what that would be sold as in Croatia. Once
that is done, a coating of lime sulfur will give you that white
look -- if that's what you want.

Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Our life is
frittered away by detail . . . . Simplify! Simplify. -- Henry
David Thoreau - Walden

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