Have you experience of using this over years? Is it useful in addition to being a colour for your timber, or is it just a good way of buying contaminated diesel oil?
I used some on a shed a while ago, but it's hard to say whether it had a worthwhile effect, as the shed had prevously been creosoted.
It really depends on whether your right about what it contains I suppose. Most stuff that does not destroy timber will help of course. Brian
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It's rubbish compared to old-fashioned creosote. Treated timber still seems to rot fairly quickly IMHO, while new fence panels that I 'painted' with creosote 20 years ago are still in very good condition. Farmers are still allowed to use it, as is BT and the power companies, so make friends with one.
And the smell is not as good.
I found pressure treated posts the best. I dismantled a fruit cage a few years back and the pressure treated post were still in excellent condition after in excess of 20 years in the ground and in fact I have them stored out doors, for future use.
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