OT: Ivy "feet" adhesive removal
Buerste
glue pads. I've talked to a lot of people and looked for a good way to
remove them from various surfaces with no luck. The worst is vinyl siding.
Has the DOD looked into this adhesive? (no, a wire brush is NOT a good way
to go!)
Other than some minor electrical work, replacing a sagging beam and
installing a post in the basement, the sale of the old house is a done deal.
I had it on the market for a grand total of 12 days before a young couple
with kids made an offer and they accepted my counter in a few hours. The
house will suite them very well and they can just move in, everything is
fresh. But, those ivy feet look terrible on the front porch.
sta...@prolynx.com
Had that crap on the house when we moved in in '61. We kids had the
"fun" of pulling the ivy off the brick for several years. Only thing
I found to get rid of the residue is a propane torch, very carefully
used. Was still a bunch of the pads left on the bricks when we sold
the place a couple of years back. Nasty stuff, bugs and critters love
it, would even invade window screens. Mosquito population went way
down once the ivy, the junipers and the hedge went. Place was a real
jungle when we moved in. I repainted the trim and windows when I was
in college one summer, torching off the paint took care of the ivy
pads on that stuff.
Stan
whit3rd
> Ivy can be very destructive and I'm amazed at the tenacity of those little
> glue pads. I've talked to a lot of people and looked for a good way to
> remove them from various surfaces with no luck. The worst is vinyl siding.
I'd use a bit of dilute lye solution, myself. Brush it on, repeat,
wash down
next day. Won't hurt brick, concrete, vinyl (but no good for paint).
When dealing with ivy, or cherry laurels, remember those rousing words
from the
old Doctor Who show: "exterminate, exterminate, EX TER MIN ATE!"
Tim Wescott
> On Apr 14, 8:21 am, "Buerste" <buer...@att.net> wrote:
>> Ivy can be very destructive and I'm amazed at the tenacity of those little
>> glue pads. I've talked to a lot of people and looked for a good way to
>> remove them from various surfaces with no luck. The worst is vinyl siding.
>> Has the DOD looked into this adhesive? (no, a wire brush is NOT a good way
>> to go!)
>>
>> Other than some minor electrical work, replacing a sagging beam and
>> installing a post in the basement, the sale of the old house is a done deal.
>> I had it on the market for a grand total of 12 days before a young couple
>> with kids made an offer and they accepted my counter in a few hours. The
>> house will suite them very well and they can just move in, everything is
>> fresh. But, those ivy feet look terrible on the front porch.
>
> Had that crap on the house when we moved in in '61. We kids had the
> "fun" of pulling the ivy off the brick for several years. Only thing
Oh, that'll work well on vinyl siding! It'll get rid of the adhesive,
the siding, the house, the detached garage...
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Tim Wescott
Control system and signal processing consulting
www.wescottdesign.com
Michael A. Terrell
You should have bought those little lambs when you had the chance!
;-)
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Buerste
"Michael A. Terrell" <mike.t...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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Shhhhh!
Lewis Hartswick
>
> You should have bought those little lambs when you had the chance!
> ;-)
>
>
Boy does that go back a ways. :-)
How about the Kid too?
...lew...
Michael A. Terrell
Mairzy doats and dozy doats and liddle lamzy divey
A kiddley divey too, wouldn't you?
Mairzy doats and dozy doats and liddle lamzy divey
A kiddley divey too, wouldn't you?
Robert Swinney
"Mairzy doats and dozy doats and liddle lamzy divey
A kiddley divey too, wouldn't you?
Mairzy doats and dozy doats and liddle lamzy divey
A kiddley divey too, wouldn't you?'
Showing your age, huh, Mike? You went over the heads of 75% of RCM readers with that one>
Bob Swinney
"Michael A. Terrell" <mike.t...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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Lewis Hartswick wrote:
>
> Michael A. Terrell wrote:
> >
> > You should have bought those little lambs when you had the chance!
> > ;-)
> >
> >
>
> Boy does that go back a ways. :-)
> How about the Kid too?
> ...lew...
Lewis Hartswick
> Lewis Hartswick wrote:
>> Michael A. Terrell wrote:
>>> You should have bought those little lambs when you had the chance!
>>> ;-)
>>>
>>>
>> Boy does that go back a ways. :-)
>> How about the Kid too?
>> ...lew...
>
>
> Mairzy doats and dozy doats and liddle lamzy divey
> A kiddley divey too, wouldn't you?
> Mairzy doats and dozy doats and liddle lamzy divey
> A kiddley divey too, wouldn't you?
>
>
me to spell it either. :-)
...lew...
Lewis Hartswick
> Mike sez:
>
> "Mairzy doats and dozy doats and liddle lamzy divey
> A kiddley divey too, wouldn't you?
> Mairzy doats and dozy doats and liddle lamzy divey
> A kiddley divey too, wouldn't you?'
>
> Showing your age, huh, Mike? You went over the heads of 75% of RCM readers with that one>
>
> Bob Swinney
>
...lew...
Royston Vasey
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Stan
Gardening program last night had the same question - suggestion was to heat
with and electric heat gun & then remove.
Winston
> Mike sez:
>
> "Mairzy doats and dozy doats and liddle lamzy divey
> A kiddley divey too, wouldn't you?
> Mairzy doats and dozy doats and liddle lamzy divey
> A kiddley divey too, wouldn't you?'
>
> Showing your age, huh, Mike? You went over the heads of 75% of RCM readers with that one>
>
> Bob Swinney
74%
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dO07b_2MkQ
--Winston
Bob Gentry
Oh, mares eat oats and does eat oats
And little lambs eat ivy
A kid'l eat ivy too, wouldn't you?
Another showing his age <sigh>
rgentry at oz dot net
Michael A. Terrell
How old do you think I am? :)
J. D.
Actually "mares eat oats and does eat oats"
isn't it?
Cheers,
John D. Slocomb
(jdslocombatgmail)
Buerste
Not too old to act-up every once in a while!
Larry Jaques
<lhart...@earthlink.net> scrawled the following:
I'm a young 56 and heard that tune from my parents long, long ago.
I doubt that 25% of RCM missed it.
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Larry Jaques
<lhart...@earthlink.net> scrawled the following:
>Michael A. Terrell wrote:
"You want _spelling_? You couldn't HANDLE the spelling."
Mares eat oats and does eat oats and little lambs eat ivy,
A kid will eat ivy too, wouldn't you?
--
Bob Gentry
wrote:
Could be <g>
I remember the first time thru sung as spelled by RS above.
Then the middle section
"Now if the words sound queer
and funny to your ear
a little bit jumbled and jivey,
Sing mares eat oats and does eat oats
and little lambs eat ivy.
Than the OH, mareseatoats. . . . . .
But that was a long time ago :-)
Lewis Hartswick
>
>
> Oh, mares eat oats and does eat oats
> And little lambs eat ivy
> A kid'l eat ivy too, wouldn't you?
>
> Another showing his age <sigh>
>
>
> rgentry at oz dot net
...lew...
Lewis Hartswick
> Lewis Hartswick wrote:
>> Robert Swinney wrote:
>>> Mike sez:
>>>
>>> "Mairzy doats and dozy doats and liddle lamzy divey
>>> A kiddley divey too, wouldn't you?
>>> Mairzy doats and dozy doats and liddle lamzy divey
>>> A kiddley divey too, wouldn't you?'
>>>
>>> Showing your age, huh, Mike? You went over the heads of 75% of RCM readers with that one>
>>>
>>> Bob Swinney
>>>
>> Mike and I must be about of an age. :-)
>
>
> How old do you think I am? :)
>
>
we start to count halfs. :-)
...lew...
Michael A. Terrell
And I won't be, till I die. :)
Michael A. Terrell
I'll be 58 in a few months.
Lewis Hartswick
> Lewis Hartswick wrote:
>> Michael A. Terrell wrote:
>>> Lewis Hartswick wrote:
>>>> Robert Swinney wrote:
>>>>> Mike sez:
>>>>>
>>>>> "Mairzy doats and dozy doats and liddle lamzy divey
>>>>> A kiddley divey too, wouldn't you?
>>>>> Mairzy doats and dozy doats and liddle lamzy divey
>>>>> A kiddley divey too, wouldn't you?'
>>>>>
>>>>> Showing your age, huh, Mike? You went over the heads of 75% of RCM readers with that one>
>>>>>
>>>>> Bob Swinney
>>>>>
>>>> Mike and I must be about of an age. :-)
>>>
>>> How old do you think I am? :)
>>>
>>>
>> Don't have any idea but I'm 77 1/2 . When one get this old
>> we start to count halfs. :-)
>
>
> I'll be 58 in a few months.
>
>
back it the "dim dark" past.????
:-)
...lew...
Michael A. Terrell
I read a lot of old books, and had a great record library at the
AFRTS radio & TV station I worked at in the '70s. I collect early EE
textbooks, and other books on early electronics, and spend some time at
Project Gutenberg looking for old books to reread. :)
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