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Reject modernity. Embrace tradition. (feddit.cl)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by vsis@feddit.cl to c/memes@lemmy.ml

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edit: Don't do this. Embrace modernity and don't pollute the soil.

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[-] Kotsi3P0@lemmy.ml 67 points 2 years ago

Tradition is to save it and use it as a wood oil so the wood will not decay after some time on the rain. Absorbs really good, doesn't stink or stick...

[-] zakobjoa@lemmy.world 62 points 2 years ago

Yeah, but there's stuff for that that doesn't give you eleven different cancers.

[-] Kotsi3P0@lemmy.ml 51 points 2 years ago

Ah yes, to get cancer is also very traditional, forgot to say that.

[-] GBU_28@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago

Most of those are also pretty nasty chemicals

[-] zakobjoa@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There's a lot of plant based oils you can use, without additives, that give excellent weather protection. Choice of wood is also a huge factor.

Tbh I'd rather replace my fence every five years than cake it in used motor oil.

[-] Pirate_lemmy_arrrrR@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 years ago

I'd rather spend $2 on diesel and free used oil than thousands replacing my fence constantly.

[-] zakobjoa@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Well, can't put a price on health I guess. You do you.

[-] PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

I'm pretty sure all of it will give you cancer.

[-] qyron@sopuli.xyz 20 points 2 years ago

Was about to mention that. But you forget to mention the half-and-half mix of oil and diesel to prevent wood rot and insects.

[-] Kotsi3P0@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

If you got a very thick oil, yeah a mix of diesel and oil is good so it would lose on viscosity and would be easier to get it on and into the wood. But today's engine oils are not really that thick and can be used without any mixing with oil of lesser viscosity such as diesel. Nowadays you can find those very thick oils mostly in tanks (military vehicles) and big machines not your everyday family car.

[-] qyron@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago

I mentioned that in particular because the house I'm living has beams that were treated with that mix when it was built, back in the 40's. And the neither rots nor gets infested. But the added fire damage is there.