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Staining a raised bed
Hi,
I have just built some raised vegetable beds out of scaffolding boards and filled them with topsoil.
I now want to stain them but i don't want any toxins to leek through the wood into the soil.
I was thinking of using something like Ronseal Eco decking stain:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ronseal-Decking-Stain-Medium-RSLEDSMO25L/dp/B001GU2H0O/ref=sr_1_3?s=diy&ie=UTF8&qid=1315499379&sr=1-3
I am still not convinced that this will be ok. Does anyone have any other suggestions? the cheaper the better!
I have just built some raised vegetable beds out of scaffolding boards and filled them with topsoil.
I now want to stain them but i don't want any toxins to leek through the wood into the soil.
I was thinking of using something like Ronseal Eco decking stain:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ronseal-Decking-Stain-Medium-RSLEDSMO25L/dp/B001GU2H0O/ref=sr_1_3?s=diy&ie=UTF8&qid=1315499379&sr=1-3
I am still not convinced that this will be ok. Does anyone have any other suggestions? the cheaper the better!
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Hi,
I have just built some raised vegetable beds out of scaffolding boards and filled them with topsoil.
I now want to stain them but i don't want any toxins to leek through the wood into the soil.
I was thinking of using something like Ronseal Eco decking stain:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ronseal-Decking-Stain-Medium-RSLEDSMO25L/dp/B001GU2H0O/ref=sr_1_3?s=diy&ie=UTF8&qid=1315499379&sr=1-3
I am still not convinced that this will be ok. Does anyone have any other suggestions? the cheaper the better!
Take the topsoil out, paint them, wait for them to dry, then put the soil in.Science adjusts its views based on what's observed.
Faith is the denial of observation, so that belief can be preserved.
:A Tim Minchin :A
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mildred1978 wrote: »Take the topsoil out, paint them, wait for them to dry, then put the soil in.
That would have been the clever thing to do! I wasn't planning on staining them but now they are complete i think they need it.
I really dont want to take the soil out as there is alot, i have used over 30 scaffolding boards.0 -
osmo is the one0
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