Techniques for protecting stakes in the ground?

[Ahmed]

It is similar to roasted (retified) wood, in a simplified version (and limited to a surface action), since the layer of charcoal is not preserved as during the carbonization of the stakes.

[GuyGadebois]

Why? is recycling polystyrene not environmentally friendly?
the solvent is acetone for those interested

my remark was also a little ironic
recycle polystyrene to make PVC it ​​seems to me unless I am mistaken, the ecological side is limited, limited

[Christophe]

Sacred work for a simple board ... must hope that it will last 1000 years !!

In short, burn your woods if you want to keep them!

[Moindreffor]

be careful, we are talking about a board that ends up off the ground
the stakes push them into the ground, it's different

the pine tar proposed by Guy, seems to me better suited, do you find that where your pine tar?

[Grelinette]

Very interesting this subject, especially when you often have stakes to plant ... as in the equestrian sector.
Usually, for horses we used to soak the whole stakes or only the tips in ... drain oil recovered from the corner garage, very happy to get rid of oil cans stored in the back shop . In addition, the drained oil brushed on the stakes and posts dissuades the horses from snacking on them. This means that this product is versatile ... and tasty! (and, on the ecological side, the same thing as molten polystyrene).

Effectively burning the point of wooden stakes, for example with a small blowtorch, must be very efficient and rapid: archaeologists find remains of food, wooden tools and other vestiges which date from the Paleolithic and preserved thanks to a voluntary burning or not.
In short, a judiciously burned stake, according to the manual of the perfect Cromagnon, it is guaranteed at least 10000 years!

[Ahmed]

I'm a bit skeptical about the archaeological remains: a piece of wood that has long stayed in the ground ended up having this charcoal appearance without the fire being there for anything ... In the extreme, the traces of posts of wooden dwellings are identified by the blackish circles which contrast with the color of the natural, lighter soil.

[Grelinette]

I'm a bit skeptical about the archaeological remains: a piece of wood that has long stayed in the ground ended up having this charcoal appearance without the fire being there for anything ... In the extreme, the traces of posts of wooden dwellings are identified by the blackish circles which contrast with the color of the natural, lighter soil.

I confirm this statement to you, given to me by an archaeologist who came to my home to study the remains of a medieval castle! He explained to me that many remains of medieval wooden buildings were partly destroyed but well preserved thanks to charcoal. At the time, in the Paca region, there were many local lords who spent their time attacking their neighbors to expand their kingdom, and a "tradition" was to burn wooden buildings that did not interest them, which makes vestiges partly destroyed but well preserved.

[Ahmed]

Yes, it is quite possible, but the confusion must be easy on an isolated fragment. The decomposition of wood sheltered from the air can be assimilated to slow combustion, a bit like iron oxidation ...

[GuyGadebois]

where do you find your pine tar?

https://www.google.com/search?client=fi ... ron+de+pin

[Ahmed]

... as a bonus, you attract wild boars to your garden: cool!