"Martin Brown" wrote in message
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Broadback wrote:

I have a lot of sleepers forming retaining walls, with this hot weather
they are exuding a thick tar like substance, which I assume is creosote.
Any ideas of an economical way of either stopping this of covering the
sleepers? The damned stuff gets everywhere working or walking by them!
I am not concerned about the EEC directive, just the mess.

If you don't mind what it looks like diatomeous earth will absorb most
things to render them fairly inert (upto and including nerve agents). Do
not breathe the dust. It is one of the natural Organic(TM) remedies
capable of doing serious damage to your lungs. And effective on slugs
and snails too.

It doesn't do too bad a job with nitroglycerine either. Ask Nobel...
where do you get it from?

pammyT wrote:

"Martin Brown" wrote in message
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Broadback wrote:

I have a lot of sleepers forming retaining walls, with this hot weather
they are exuding a thick tar like substance, which I assume is creosote.
Any ideas of an economical way of either stopping this of covering the
sleepers? The damned stuff gets everywhere working or walking by them!
I am not concerned about the EEC directive, just the mess.

If you don't mind what it looks like diatomeous earth will absorb most
things to render them fairly inert (upto and including nerve agents). Do
not breathe the dust. It is one of the natural Organic(TM) remedies
capable of doing serious damage to your lungs. And effective on slugs
and snails too.

It doesn't do too bad a job with nitroglycerine either. Ask Nobel...

where do you get it from?

Garden centres in small amounts or even more expensively from
Organic(TM) dealers or alternatively this lot in Yorkshire appear to
sell it in bulk. They are fossil silica skeletons of former diatoms.

http://www.elementshydroponics.com/item/732

Regards,
Martin Brown

Martin Brown wrote:
pammyT wrote:

"Martin Brown" wrote in message
...

Broadback wrote:

I have a lot of sleepers forming retaining walls, with this hot weather
they are exuding a thick tar like substance, which I assume is
creosote.
Any ideas of an economical way of either stopping this of covering the
sleepers? The damned stuff gets everywhere working or walking by them!
I am not concerned about the EEC directive, just the mess.


If you don't mind what it looks like diatomeous earth will absorb most
things to render them fairly inert (upto and including nerve agents). Do
not breathe the dust. It is one of the natural Organic(TM) remedies
capable of doing serious damage to your lungs. And effective on slugs
and snails too.

It doesn't do too bad a job with nitroglycerine either. Ask Nobel...


where do you get it from?


Garden centres in small amounts or even more expensively from
Organic(TM) dealers or alternatively this lot in Yorkshire appear to
sell it in bulk. They are fossil silica skeletons of former diatoms.

http://www.elementshydroponics.com/item/732

Regards,
Martin Brown


I think diatomeous earth is similar to Fuller's earth, found in some cat
litters, which may be worth a try to absorb it as it's easy to find and
cheap.

Zax wrote:
I think diatomeous earth is similar to Fuller's earth, found in some cat
litters, which may be worth a try to absorb it as it's easy to find and
cheap.

Most Fullers Earth is used in paper manufacture. I am not aware of
its use in cat litter in the UK.

On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 11:18:14 +0100, Chris Bacon
wrote:

Zax wrote:
I think diatomeous earth is similar to Fuller's earth, found in some cat
litters, which may be worth a try to absorb it as it's easy to find and
cheap.

Most Fullers Earth is used in paper manufacture. I am not aware of
its use in cat litter in the UK.

Very little Fuller's Earth (aka bentonite) is used in paper making.
The colour's too dirty for a start. Are you're thinking of kaolin?
Large chunks of Surrey were dug up in the past to provide FE for cat
litter amongst other things, but I think the deposits are mostly
exhausted now.

I second the idea of trying FE on tarry railway sleepers!


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It doesn't do too bad a job with nitroglycerine either. Ask Nobel...

where do you get it from?

What, Nitroglycerine?

Take a pint of glycerine and cool it to 14° C.

Take two gallons of concentrated.....











BOOM!






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