Friday - June 07, 2013
I refuse to turn on the heat
It’s 63° here and raining like mad all day, as we catch the front end of Tropical Storm Andrea’s run up the coast. We’re an hour inland here in Clinton, but we’ve had at least 3” of rain since around 8 o’clock last night.
Guess I won’t be doing any outdoor bug spraying today. Actually, I think I’ll go find a sweater to wear.
Completely off topic, except for the outdoor spraying aspect, good old D128 seems to make a great algaecide too. We have one very shady west wall that rarely gets any sun, and the algae was turning it green. Spray on the D128, wait 10 minutes, and gently scrub it clean with a soft shower scrubby and a bucket of hot water. Looks like new. Oh sure, the association says they’re going to power wash. Someday. Whenever. Me, I’m tired of looking at green spots on the siding and black spots on the sidewalks. That D128 works isn’t that great a surprise; some of the stuff you use in your pool is made from the same ingredients, and other chemicals closely related to what goes into D128 and similar dual quats. Which implies that good old ALGON is also one hell of a disinfectant, and costs a few bucks less than D128.
Now, you might think I’m going over the edge here, but the same ingredients these products use to kill germs, bacteria, mold, mildew, fungus, and algae are in those nice little Clorox Wipes you use, only in more concentrated form. And the concentrates get diluted significantly, usually an ounce per gallon, which gives a solution about half as strong as what’s in those wipes. So in theory you could use a Clorox wipe to kill the algae on your siding, or to wipe off the edge of you pool liner. It would just cost you 400 times as much for an equal amount of killing power. Poly quats ... they really work. Kills sidewalk moss too. And even cures sore throats?? I’d want more info on that one, and I’d spring for the factory made cough drops. Let’s not get stupid.
Crivens, I’m freezing. Sweater. Heavy pants. Wool socks. Trip to grocery store for hot food.
Posted by Drew458
on 06/07/2013 at 12:50 PM
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