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this question has bothered me for quite a while…
have substitutes been developed that are as effective as creosote?
thanks,
brian
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this question has bothered me for quite a while…
have substitutes been developed that are as effective as creosote?
thanks,
brian
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Everything is green now - copper napthanate or related I guess, and not perceived to be as good. Creosote was great preservative but can lead to cancer, as you probably know, and it sure was dirty. My father was in marine construction for 40+ years and all timber was pressure treated with creosote. He was not happy when copper napthanate came into common use as he liked to build for 100 years. He didn't think CN would allow him to do that. I don't know the science. Randy
*the only substitute we had was Cuprinol Green #10...there are some others out there like PEK .. er something like that.. me .. we use PT as long as we still can
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this question has bothered me for quite a while...
have substitutes been developed that are as effective as creosote?
thanks,
brian