On Jul 25, 10:46*pm, "Bob Hobden" wrote:
"Judith in France" *wrote ...
*"Bob Hobden" *wrote:

"Bob Minchin" wrote ..

I think it has been mentioned before here that glyphosate is available in
France much cheaper that in UK.
I shall be going to France on holiday for most of September and will
have
this on my shopping list.
Where is the best/cheapest places to buy this stuff bearing mind I only
have sufficient French to get typically get a meal and a bed for the
night
and could not support a conversation on the relative concentrations and
applications of the stuff!!

What are the brand names to lookout for please and does it come in the
bewildering range of concentrations that we get here?
I'd like 360 or 540 gms per litre so I can make up my own dilutions.
Is glyphosate the same word in French?
Is désherbant the key word to be looking for?

Hopefully some of our French resident readers can help.

Something else you can buy in France in large supermache that is difficult
to buy in the UK is "Owatrol" in 1 litre tins. It is the bees knees for
coating stuff to prevent rust on metal, paint it on and it creeps into the
smallest gap and then sets, and it works as an undercoat too. I use it on
all sorts of stuff but especially my old Landrover (1986) "allotment shed"
as it's known.

Now you tell me! *Here's a pic of railings and gates that I have
painted!! *The hard way, primer first and then 2 coats of the black
stuff. *The second pic, showing my pots, don't show the railings which
is good as we didn't want anything to obscure our view.

http://i31.tinypic.com/15eh4xl.jpght...om/2pr8pvk.jpg

I would still look out for the product as if you get any sign of rust coming
through, around the joins usually, you can just paint that bit with it and
it will creep into the crack and seal it so it won't rust further.

--
Regards
Bob Hobden
just W. of London

Thanks Bob, I will certainly get some as I still have another gate to
do on the other side of the house. It is over 110 years old, very
heavy but with bad rust on the bottom, so I will give the stuff a try.
I am having new bits welded on the bottom so hopefully with this
product the gate should be good for a good few years yet.

Judith