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Looks like a woodlouse. Any damp dark space will attract hordes of them. There are a number of treatments available and Matt Green may have some specific advice but - find out where they are hiding and consider how to dry and protect that space if you can.
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A few years back I opened a seldom used exterior door and dislodged a couple of hundred of the wee beasties - enough to merit a dust pan and brush to evict them all. The underside of the door had obviously never been treated when it was installed and the anti drip/draught rebate had provided an ideal home for them.
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Can't say I've tried em myself so if you don't mind I'll just take your word for it Drayton.
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Technically woodlice are crustaceans, and some at least are said to taste like shrimp. Not something I'll be trying!
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Ty-Mawr, possibly a fantastic company selling brilliant products, however...
Trigger warning: Pointless green / natural / traditional lies marketing rant.
FYI all their wood finish products are missold, misrepresented, mismarketed and I wouldn't use them.
BS marketing waffle saying they are 'natural' and comparing them to synthetic, they all contain synthetic chemicals. So lying out of ignorance at the very least. De aromatised alkanes are manufactured from crude oil, also not natural, I guess it would be more accurate to state 'made with natural products' as trite and facile as that is. Bona Mega is mostly made from vegetable oils with less than 1.5% VOC solvents, but it's film looks 'plasticky' so I guess that is 'synthetic' whilst a poor durability, thin build oil finish containing alkyd resins made from acrylic plastic is 'natural' because it looks natural. I can never understand the need to lie, why not just say 'looks natural' rather than deceiving people and making facile comparisons.
If you are treating me like a fool and lying to me in your fact sheets what is my level of confidence in the durability or suitability of your product or ease of application? Zero.
Their floor oil contains alkyd resins, so basically (possibly non PU modified) long spar varnish, not an oil. So, modern synthetic low quality alkyd resin varnish with lower durability presumably due to omission of PU modifiers marketed as a 'linseed oil' based product.
Their furniture wax contains parafin wax (fossil fuel) and candelila wax, Candelila is a class 2 Cites proscribed 'endangered' species. Worst of all it contains silicone oil which is kryptonite to wood. Silicones are impossible to remove by sanding, solvent stripping, bleaching, boiling alkakine cleaner, you literally have to use a proprietory acid based silicone eater BEFORE you strip otherwise your finish will ciss. This will devalue any furniture it is used on, its basically a mixture of Pledge, Cheap parafin wax and beeswax and carnauba, literally the worst thing you could use on wood, unless of course you never, ever wish to refinish it.
No idea how fantastic their other products are or how well they are described. Maybe they are just ignorant and repeating the factually incorrect marketing they received. Not that it matters, you simply go 'blah blah blah natural waxes blah blah natural oils blah blah so much better than horrible synthetic finishes and 99% of people go ooo, lovely, because they haven't studied the subject for decades / 5 minutes. Ho hum.
FYI FYI Alkyd resin is a manufactured chemical that does not occur in nature made from acrylic plastic, in the floor oil... polydimethylsiloxane, is a manufactured silicone oil used in car and furniture polishes, it is incredibly persistant and virtually impossible to overcoat, in their furniture wax.
Synthetic
adjective
1. (of a substance) made by chemical synthesis
Ignorance is bliss I guess. Carry on.
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Toby, you have a very sensitive rant trigger!
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What? Lying?
No excuse for it. If you spend hundreds of hours studying and researching, giving advice and publishing articles it is frustrating coming accross lies, fraud and deception.
Dieselgate didn't bother me because I'm not an environmental proponent promoting diesel engined vehicles, but if I was, I might of been upset.
It's a Bill Hicks-type rant against the disingenuousness of marketeers.
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But hopefully our little ‘pill bug’ ‘cheesy pig’ ‘woodlouse’ whatever you want to call them isn’t one
Because they are fascinating little creatures, we get the occasional one inside and if I find them before they pass beyond the mortal realm they get to live a happy life outside. https://www.countrylife.co.uk/natur...g, chisel-hog,scant regard or affection today.
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Not true.
They are vegetable starch, cellulose based thickeners and simple salts (from cotton) they contain zero plastics.
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It's not that I'm questioning what you're saying, it's just that whenever I mention a product, it seems about a 50:50 chance of setting you off!What? Lying?
No excuse for it. If you spend hundreds of hours studying and researching, giving advice and publishing articles it is frustrating coming accross lies, fraud and deception.
Dieselgate didn't bother me because I'm not an environmental proponent promoting diesel engined vehicles, but if I was, I might of been upset.
It's a Bill Hicks-type rant against the disingenuousness of marketeers.
Maybe we can start a game of mentioning random flooring related things 
I’ve always liked restoring wooden floors with Pledge - don’t know why people faff around with all this shellac stuff, just sandblast the floors and then a few cans of pledge - does wonders!
*runs away*
I’ve always liked restoring wooden floors with Pledge - don’t know why people faff around with all this shellac stuff, just sandblast the floors and then a few cans of pledge - does wonders!
*runs away*
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Wot like Karndean and carpets? I can show you some of those. And slippers, if we’re talking triggers, I have become quite passionate that outside shoes aren’t worn inside. I bet Toby ties slippers to people’s feet as soon as he hands back a marvellous floorMaybe we can start a game of mentioning random flooring related things
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I'm envisaging a volcanic eruption taking place in Toby's kitchen when he reads thisMaybe we can start a game of mentioning random flooring related things
I’ve always liked restoring wooden floors with Pledge - don’t know why people faff around with all this shellac stuff, just sandblast the floors and then a few cans of pledge - does wonders!
*runs away*
