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G'day Peeps,
I have some sleepers that have been treated and i plan on making a raised garden bed out of them. I have had one of my friends insist that I use old sump oil and diesel mixed together and paint the sleepers with that before making a garden bed.
I have some reservations with this as i want to grow some veges/fruit in them (although the sleepers are treated pine... heat treated i believe ?? so hoping no arsenic) I don't plant on the bed to last forever though.
Any one have thoughts on this? ... I plant on painting the sleepers for a bit of protection though as I have some left over exterior paint (bright red), which I plant on using to paint and protect the sleepers.
I would prefer to just exterior paint the sleepers as I am a bit wary of using disel/sump oil mix to a garden bed I will be eating from.
Thanks heaps for any advice or thoughts.
I have some sleepers that have been treated and i plan on making a raised garden bed out of them. I have had one of my friends insist that I use old sump oil and diesel mixed together and paint the sleepers with that before making a garden bed.
I have some reservations with this as i want to grow some veges/fruit in them (although the sleepers are treated pine... heat treated i believe ?? so hoping no arsenic) I don't plant on the bed to last forever though.
Any one have thoughts on this? ... I plant on painting the sleepers for a bit of protection though as I have some left over exterior paint (bright red), which I plant on using to paint and protect the sleepers.
I would prefer to just exterior paint the sleepers as I am a bit wary of using disel/sump oil mix to a garden bed I will be eating from.
Thanks heaps for any advice or thoughts.