Sean wrote ... > It may be the metal rather than the blacking - after I did icebreaking > in 2001 I was surprised to find the tar varnish was intact except on > the actual stem-post so presumably tar sticks to wrought iron.
Tar sticks to ANYTHING! :-) Fingers, clothes, boots, concrete, brick, metal .... you name it, tar'll stick to it Unfortunately, it's getting well nigh impossible to get proper tar these days :-( Bru
