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Garden sleepers

  • 22-09-2024 9:21am
    #1
    Sterlingwork
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 48 ✭


    any suggestions for treating railway sleepers? I have quite a few in the garden looking quite weathered. I have used creasote but a. It is not good for the environment and b. It doesn’t last for long. Any suggestions for an alternative ?



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  • #2
    Gloomtastic!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,825 ✭✭✭Gloomtastic!


    Vinegar, rusty nails and tea bags. Brings out the natural wood stain after three or four coats and all good for the environment.



  • #3
    MacDanger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,139 ✭✭✭MacDanger


    Folks, I need ~ 10 "railway sleepers" for a couple of sections of the garden - new treated softwood (pine) sleepers are coming in at €230 vs hardwood (supposedly oak) reclaimed sleepers for approx twice that.

    Any thoughts on whether the reclaimed sleepers will last ~twice as long?



  • #4
    standardg60
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,170 ✭✭✭standardg60


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122696400#Comment_122696400

    Real ones will last five times as long



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