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Removing bird droppings from wooden rolling stock.

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Posted by van buren s l on Monday, August 18, 2008 12:33 PM

Brian

It's poke weed. I have a small area of my yard that I'm too lazy to landscape so I abandoned it and deemed it "habitat". Poke weed thrives there along with golden rod, milk weed and all the other stuff that makes this area so  miserable for folks with alergies.

Bob

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Posted by altterrain on Monday, August 18, 2008 11:36 AM

 tangerine-jack wrote:
Purple, huh? 

Yup, the pokeweed berries ripen up this time of year -

 

could be mulberries, too - 

 

or even blackberries. They grow wild all over these parts. -

 

now, I'm hungry Tongue [:P]

-Brian 

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Posted by GearDrivenSteam on Sunday, August 17, 2008 9:50 PM
You know...it's funny that we want 1:1 bird poop off........but some of us might model some bird poop in large scale. LOL
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Posted by tangerine-jack on Sunday, August 17, 2008 7:50 PM
I've found that a pinch of vinegar in some salt water works well.  Purple, huh?  How kind of the bird to colorize your world.  Bet HO scale modelers don't have that problemLaugh [(-D]

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, August 17, 2008 5:50 PM

 Bob

 try a soft tooth brush and mild dish washing soap . BEN

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Removing bird droppings from wooden rolling stock.
Posted by van buren s l on Sunday, August 17, 2008 5:40 PM

A bird left purple droppings on the light gray roof of my wooden electric freight motor. Does anyone out there have a sure-fire method for removing the stuff? Any help would certainly be appreciated.

Bob

 

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