Hi Dave Lyle, hope you are having a nice day
Wednesday, 12 November 1997 23:11:41, Dave Lyle wrote to Alec Cameron
Subject: ELECTRIC CARS
 DL> (( On 11-08-1997, Alec Cameron wrote to Jim Dunmyer: ))
 DL> AC>Here, creosote is a paint used as a wood preservative. Is
 DL> that what you AC>mean? The wood fuel that is used, comes from the
 DL> forest. No creosote.
Creosol ->> The wood preservative of which you speak.
Creosote ->> tary substance produce by buring wood. Likes to accumulate
 DL>  in the fireplace chimney
Perhaps it is one of those English/American language things but here
in Australia they sell pine poles for fences that have been treated
with creosote (according to the supplier). They are black in colour
and have a "gummy" feel to them. Also, if you don't were gloves it seems
to dissolve the skin on ones hands. In a bushfire (wilfire) they EXPLODE!
If it wasn't so serious it would be spectactular!
There is a paint type product here called "creosol" which has lost popularity
to poly-urethane products. They are easier to work with and the smell is
not quite as hard to live with.
Hope this helps by way of explaination:-)
 -=> Yours sincerely, Jock Rogan <=-
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