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25th August 2023, 10:37 AM #31
Yep the 70's and '80's were a great time - with my Dad we used to dry cut "super compressed fibro" decking with a power saw and friction disc, spray "termite poison" in shorts and pluggers, no fall arrest equipment, scaffolding - keh? whats wrong with 16' tressles and a single timber (oregon?) plank with 3 tradies on it??; heat exposure & sun burn ??? - you woos!
Splash Creosote about with abandon, work in deep trenches without shoring, no caps on reo rods protruding from slabs / foundations, cut CCA and splash on "approved" sealer (well some did), use "red lead primer's" ..... hard hats, ear muffs, eye protection, gloves, long sleeves etc - Eh??? Then steel toe caps - well they were an improvement on Dunlop Volley's.Mobyturns
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26th August 2023, 09:40 AM #32GOLD MEMBER
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MT - Dunlop Volleys provide better grip on tin roof's than Blundstones
419 - I think LOSP relies far more on sealing cuts well than CCA ever did
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26th August 2023, 01:44 PM #33
MA yes they do, were the roofers shoe of choice. Painters, chippies all seemed to wear them back then. Man could they pong!
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27th August 2023, 03:51 PM #34Senior Member
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27th August 2023, 04:16 PM #35Originally Posted by Mobyturns
As a teenager I had a part time job at a local chook farm. One of the jobs, after a batch of chooks had been processed, was to paint the chook shed before the next batch was started. We diluted creosote with 4 parts kero and then used six inch "white wash" brushes. Creosote went everywhere! We found it best to work totally naked, then to wash liberally in kero until all traces of creosote had gone, then to shower until the kero smell had gone.
This was far better than Mother's reaction to creosote soaked jeans.
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27th August 2023, 04:28 PM #36Senior Member
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This raises something else I've been wondering about on what's in old timbers.
I have vague memories as a kid of, I think, diesel fuel being used as a 'carrier' for chemicals in various agricultural applications. I think it was supposed to penetrate the target more deeply than just the chemical on its own.
If so, then old timber treated with X chemical could also have Y carrier in it, and the carrier might be as much a risk as the chemical.
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I can recall staying with an uncle, during the 50s and a major mossy plaque. He was a professional muleing contractor. The industry used creosote as a wound dressing. He also used it on his & my skin as a mossy repellent. He lived to 87.
The diesel/chemical mix is still a “recommendation” on a number of chemical drums. I have used for killing small trees up to 150mm with what is called “basal barking” where you spray a band of mix onto the bark about 2x the tree diameter.
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