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Author Garden: Trellis ? catlover The Cheetah! Member # 654 posted                       Don't know if this ? fits here but will try anyway! Thought! I like to recycle whenever possible and my daughter has a catrillion bottles of left over fingernail polish that are pretty thick...ugly now or whatever! ????? My question is IF I painted the bottom portion of a trellis (that goes in the ground) would that increase the longevity of the wood (from rotting)?????? or would the chemical in the fingernail polish get into the soil and kill the plant??? Any thoughts please!!!!!! Catlover * * * * Plants: 7129 | From: California | Registered: Mar 2003  |  Seeded: 68.66.244.5 Jiffymouse guest posted                 OOOHHH, that is a good idea! I don't know how it will work, but I have used old nail polish for marking tool handles. I hope someone has the answer so I can use it too!! Seeded: 206.220.183.10 suzannie Great Gardener Member # 1448 posted                       I say give it a try - what do you have to lose?? * * * * Plants: 39 | From: ft. walton beach, florida | Registered: Sep 2003  |  Seeded: 68.109.12.14 Bill The Garden Helper Member # 1 posted                       I'm not a fingernail polish expert, but I believe that most of these are enamels and lacquers and as such would help to preserve the wood without causing damage to the plants. I'd recommend thinning the fn polish down (is there such a thing as fn polish thinner??? ) prior to painting it on to help it penetrate the wood better... Do NOT paint the bottom of the post, and be sure to have a few stones in the bottom of the hole to allow the water to drain away. Are you going to mix the bottles together to create one ugly color, or create a rainbow of different colors? * * * * Plants: 11227 | From: Cedar Hill Washington | Registered: Aug 2002  |  Seeded: 209.179.168.55 catlover The Cheetah! Member # 654 posted                       Thanx all for your responses. Papito is right....keep in mind it is a hazardous waste! I believe you can mix (but don't quote me) a couple drops of nail polish remover with n.polish to thin. Bill WHY not paint the bottoms.? I kinda think the candy cane look would be nice Bill. Not into the rainbow sort of deal just the candycane! And mixing being ugly......Well ugly is in the eye of the beholder!!!!! The only one that is going to see it is the gophers!!! Maybe they would take a bite and go to gopher !!!! Thanx everyone for your input!!! * * * * Plants: 7129 | From: California | Registered: Mar 2003  |  Seeded: 68.66.244.5 gardengal Super Gardener Member # 1403 posted                       Catlover, you are quite right, a few drops of nail polish remover will thin it down. Let us know how it worked, I have a few trellis' myself that are going to need some fixing up pretty soon. * * * * Women and cats will do as they please. Men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea. Plants: 766 | From: The real OC in sunny So. Cal. | Registered: Aug 2003  |  Seeded: 216.114.206.2 catlover The Cheetah! Member # 654 posted                       Gardengal * * * * Plants: 7129 | From: California | Registered: Mar 2003  |  Seeded: 68.66.244.5 Bill The Garden Helper Member # 1 posted                       Painting the bottom of the post would seal it up too tightly by creating a cup that would essentially collect all the moisture absorbed by the "above ground" wood. Leaving it unpainted (with stones below) will allow the wood to breathe and act in the same way as the drain holes in your pots. * * * * Plants: 11227 | From: Cedar Hill Washington | Registered: Aug 2002  |  Seeded: 209.179.168.55 catlover The Cheetah! Member # 654 posted                       Bill * * * * Plants: 7129 | From: California | Registered: Mar 2003  |  Seeded: 68.66.244.5 njoynit Garden Pro! Member # 1345 posted                       when I cut stems on my roses i paint over the coat with nail polish to seal the ends and prevent canker......when i 1st got all my roses didn't know much about careing for them& had called the Tyler rose society and the gal i talked to on the phone had someone come to the house and that was what she told me to do with the tips.she said did not matter if clear or color.i used an ugly brownish red& is a few with pearly looking orange.its never hurt them am courious about why not underground on wood or what not too I painted a trellis that was wood long time ago(14 or more now ) was an oil based paint and was for wood.was at the ace hardware.it was green they had black/red/white/green * * * * I will age ungracefully until I become an old woman in a small garden..doing whatever the Hell I want! http://community.webshots.com/user/njoynit03 http://community.webshots.com/user/njoynit http://photos.yahoo.com/njoynit03 Plants: 2209 | From: SE TX`in the yard somewhere most likely | Registered: Jul 2003  |  Seeded: 66.90.173.131

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