Lime sulphur

[split007]

Hello fellow Bonsaist's.....well let me catch my breath here.....this is the first time I have opened and used lime sulphur. Oh my lord scrub me clean, hose me down, dip my hands in lava, just get this smell off me and out of my sinus and throat. Pointing out the obvious I know, it stinks, it really really stinks to the point of dry reaching. I tried hard for it to not touch my skin and I was outside when applying to deadwood. Yet somehow I feel the need to singe my hands to rid the smell. It's has also found its way into my sinuses and I can smell/taste it in my throat. There you go, my whinge for today.
NOW, apart from my next move which will be to send my wife with detailed instructions to the nearest park to complete the remaining coats. Do you guys wear toxic protective suits and breathing aparatus to get through the process, or have you become immune to this offensive chemical? Any miracle ideas? Man up? Of to the nearest car wash to go through repeatedly. .....without the car

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[Rory]

I had a similar problem when I was a child and a brother of a friend who I was visiting told me to smell what was in the bucket. He took the lid off, and it was pure chlorine. Wow. I still remember it well. Do not try that at home kids!

[Jarad]

Whisky, and LOTS of it! Hahaha.

Rubber gloves never go astray when handling chemicals.

A cigar should also get rid of the smell.

[Rory]

Whisky, and LOTS of it! Hahaha.

Rubber gloves never go astray when handling chemicals.

A cigar should also get rid of the smell.

I dunno about lime sulphur.... but you need an exorcist if you've inhaled pure chlorine

[Jarad]

I dunno about lime sulphur.... but you need an exorcist if you've inhaled pure chlorine

All I can say is I feel your pain, when I was a kid it was my job to put the chlorine in the pool at home. Most days I would hold my breath, take a scoop (pellets not liquid) and then close the lid and breathe again... I sneezed once while my face was half in the bucket... just once... Felt like I was going to pass out

[fossil finder]

So you don't like Pufume de Canberra? It is a powerful chemical and should be used with appropriate level of care. I avoid the stuff as much as I can but when I do use it I work in a open well ventilated area, wear long sleeve shirt, disposable gloves, use throw away mixing containers and stand upwind of it and change afterward. Made mistake of wiping brow with shirt sleeve........once!

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[JaseH]

...a cup of concrete

[Rory]

...a cup of concrete

Chlorine gas, also known as bertholite, was first used as a weapon in World War I by Germany on April 22, 1915 in the Second Battle of Ypres. As described by the soldiers it had a distinctive smell of a mixture between pepper and pineapple. It also tasted metallic and stung the back of the throat and chest. Chlorine can react with water in the mucosa of the lungs to form hydrochloric acid, an irritant that can be lethal. The damage done by chlorine gas can be prevented by the activated charcoal commonly found in gas masks, or other filtration methods, which makes the overall chance of death by chlorine gas much lower than those of other chemical weapons. It was pioneered by a German scientist later to be a Nobel laureate, Fritz Haber of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute in Berlin, in collaboration with the German chemical conglomerate IG Farben, who developed methods for discharging chlorine gas against an entrenched enemy. After its first use, chlorine was utilized by both sides as a chemical weapon, but it was soon replaced by the more deadly phosgene and mustard gas.

[Jarad]

...a cup of concrete

Love it.
+1

[kcpoole]

Hey Split, Have you attended the Rory School of storytelling ?

When using LS, I just put a little in the bowl and keep it arms length. Paint with a small brush and keep all downwind of you if possible.
Never bothered with much protection in anything I do

Ken

[Ray M]

Hi split007,
Wow, you copped some comments with this one. It certainly stinks.

I make up two different mixes to do my trees.

1/ 50/50 Lime Sulfur and Titebond III wood glue. I mix this up in a small container that has a lid. Into this mix I put a couple of drops of washing up detergent. This breaks the surface tension and makes it easier to apply. I also use a small brush to prevent the liquid from running. If it gets on the trunk it will stain. Make sure you use a brush that has synthetic fibres. If you use a brush with natural fibres it will eat them away. I apply this solution first and let it dry then apply the next solution.

2/ Lime Sulfur with a couple of drops of washing up detergent. If you don't like the very white appearance you can add some Indian Ink or I use the black ink used in Inkjet Printers. You can colour this to your own taste.

Regards Ray

[peterb]

4 years in the chemical plant of a paper mill, with liquid chlorine , ammonia , sulphur acid and hypochlorite and being gassed a few times with the chlorine once hospitalized for a day and i have not much smell left so LS not to bad on the nose . Still not a good idea to get it on you if you want to stay friends with the missus
Peterb

[split007]

Hi split007,
Wow, you copped some comments with this one. It certainly stinks.

I make up two different mixes to do my trees.

1/ 50/50 Lime Sulfur and Titebond III wood glue. I mix this up in a small container that has a lid. Into this mix I put a couple of drops of washing up detergent. This breaks the surface tension and makes it easier to apply. I also use a small brush to prevent the liquid from running. If it gets on the trunk it will stain. Make sure you use a brush that has synthetic fibres. If you use a brush with natural fibres it will eat them away. I apply this solution first and let it dry then apply the next solution.

2/ Lime Sulfur with a couple of drops of washing up detergent. If you don't like the very white appearance you can add some Indian Ink or I use the black ink used in Inkjet Printers. You can colour this to your own taste.

Regards Ray

Thanks Ray M

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[split007]

Hey guys, how long before the smell goes away from the deadwood?

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[vtbao]

I work in clear and open space area, wear dirty clothes, mask and rubber gloves. Wash my hand after and rubbed in coffee bean, it helps.