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Thread: Cleaning Redgum Sleepers??
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27th October 2011, 06:31 PM #1New Member
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Cleaning Redgum Sleepers??
Hi folks.
About a year ago i put some redgum sleepers into the garden for some flower beds. I just plonked them in, bolted them up. After a year they are looking very grey and dull. Is there anything i can do to restore them to looking nice, without having to pull them out of the ground? Any oils i can put on to clean them up then protect them?
They really do look crap! Any suggestions will be welcome.
Cheers Anne.
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Cleaning Red gum Sleepers
Thats what redgum does in the sun !!!!!
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28th October 2011, 12:04 AM #3GOLD MEMBER
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If the timber was left in its raw state at the initial build,there is not much short of resawing or dressing that will bring back that new look. The greying off is both ozidisation and fungal attack, which must be addressed at the outset. Even then, exposed timber, and timber in ground contact will eventually go grey. To prevent it would be an expensive amd ongoing exercise.
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