There's an old New England recipe my high school teacher uses that's some kind of oil (linseed) and what he called "diesel drippins" I'm trying Biodiesel on my shed this year to keep termites at bay.
Keith Addison wrote: >It says here: "Take boiled linseed oil and stir in it pulverized >charcoal to the consistency of paint. Put a coat of this over the >timber and there is not a man that will live to see it rotten." - >Everlasting Fence Posts, from Lee's Priceless Recipes, William E. >Lee, 1895. > >Probably other oils would work too even if they had a lower Iodine >Value than linseed oil and took longer to dry (polymerise). Or tung >oil. You can make a rust-proofing paint with fish oil, maybe if you >mixed it with pulverised charcoal it would work like creosote as well. > >http://journeytoforever.org//farm_library/FishPaintJTF.pdf >Anti-rust Paint from Fish-Scraps >A short guide to the technique >by M. L. Allen >Prince of Songkla University >Thailand > >I've found biodiesel makes a nice wood treatment, but it's inclined >to attract mould. What's the source of Xylitol? Can you make it >yourself? > >Best > >Keith > > > > >>Thanks Fritz, >>The oil is the just used as a delivery method biodiesel penetrates the >>best of all I tried but that would be a moot point when using pressure >>treated applications. I will be testing with other bioderadeables as well. >> >>Jim >> >>Fritz Friesinger wrote: >> >> >> >>>Hi Jim, >>>why not try doubleboiled Linseedoil mixed with Xylitol,you may get >>>better results than with Biofuel >>>let me know,how this would stand up >>>Thanks >>>Fritz >>> >>> > > >_______________________________________________ >Biofuel mailing list >Biofuel@sustainablelists.org >http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > >Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > >Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): >http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/