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July 28, 2007
Got Stumps? Get Stump-Out
From the website:
- Stump-Out
Stop digging and chopping old tree stumps.
Let Stump-Out do all the backbreaking work for you!
Safe, effective chemical compound actually breaks down and decomposes unsightly stumps so you can easily remove or burn the remnants.
It's like hiring your own professional stump remover, only at a fraction of the cost!
14 oz. container comes with complete instructions.
$4.99 (Stumps not included).
July 28, 2007 at 01:01 PM | Permalink
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Joe,
The product is KNO3 - Potassium Nitrate. The theory is that you take a "dry" stump - drill some holes into the stump, solivate the KNO3 in H2O and saturate the wood with a chemical oxidizer. The web site says, "safe, effective chemical compound actually breaks down and decomposes unsightly stumps so you can easily remove or burn the remnants." NOTE the word "burn" - the theory is that a stump saturated with KNO3 does not require additional oxygen and a smoldering flame will consume the stump after it has taken up the KNO3 and dried out.
It doesn't work. How do I know? I tried it on a maple stump in my front yard - including using a 1" High-Power Hammer-Drill to drill the requisite holes into the hard Maple. I tried saturating the stump with Kerosene (per the package instructions) and ignited the kerosene. It went out. I put a whole BBQ Chimney full of red-hot charcoal briquettes on top of the stump - it charred the top 5 mm.
I paid a guy to grind it out.
Posted by: 6.02*10^23 | Jul 28, 2007 5:11:13 PM
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