Well, I didn't see much on that thread but I also had the idea of making a mud out of it after I saw how fine it was and that it floated long enough to spread too much. I sprinkled some one day and went back the next day and and saw, since it was lighter than my clay, that it had kind of surrounded a hole that I could not otherwise see. As soon as I have a helper (in case I get stuck in the mud) I'll mix some up and see if i can pour in the hole. I may also try quickcrete. That may fill the bulk of it. I'm still not 100% sure that's the leak but it sure looks like it could be.
The reason I asked this question to begin with is that my wife called me in a panic after she left Coop and said when the guy loaded it some of it puffed out of the bag and got on the bed of her precious truck. She wanted to make sure she wasn't going to be eaten by this toxic substance when she unloaded it at the barn and/or tried to clean out her truck (even though a human just loaded it for her). She's seen way to many horror movies. I just wanted to tell her all the pond experts here assured me it was not toxic to her and would not kill the fish.
Basically I think the conversation went like this:
wife: my husband needs some bentonite for his pond
dufuss: here ya go. this is what everbody uses in their pond
wife: thanks
dufuss: if you put it in the pond it'll kill your fish
So basically he told her everybody intentionally killed all their fish in their ponds. Nice. That's salesmanship.
Last edited by oldcane; 02/23/09 04:15 PM.
