Yes Wood 45 Weatherproof Wax: Nourishing suede wax
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Yes Wood Weatherproof Wax 45 is a UV and all weather resistant deep penetrating liquid wax that seeps into the surface to protect and feed all exterior woodwork. This maintenance product treats and revives previously treated or coated wood surfaces where waxes, oils, varnishes or sealers have been used.
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Good water repellent properties, will not crack, chip or peel
Compatible with most varnishes, sealers or finishes.
Use as a wipe - on maintenance and cleaning wax.
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This product will cover approximately 8 - 15 m² / litre per coat. Surface porosity, profile, application tools and technique will affect practical spreading rate.
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Apply by brush or cloth.
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Clean all tools (brushes, rollers and spray equipment) while wet with mineral turpentine after use.
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1 L
Colours
Olive Woodpecker
The Olive Woodpecker is far more plainly patterned than most other local woodpeckers, lacking the spotting, streaking and barring typical of the other species. The male sports the red crown classic of woodpeckers generally but the remainder of the head is uniform grey and the body plain green except for a red rump. Some South African birds show a hint of red on the belly, a feature more accentuated in some subspecies found further north in Africa. In the female the entire head is plain grey.
This woodpecker inhabits cool Afromontane forests, which in South Africa extend in a relatively narrow belt from the Cape Peninsula to the Soutpansberg Mountains in the north of Limpopo Province. It is essentially absent from the warmer coastal forests of much of KwaZulu-Natal. The great conundrum of its distribution is why it does not occur in apparently eminently suitable Afromontane forest habitat in the eastern Zimbabwe highlands, despite occurring in similar habitat even further north in northern Malawi. It is typically the only woodpecker present in its habitat.
The call of the Olive Woodpecker is a rather plaintive ‘wee-rit’ uttered 3-5 times, somewhat similar to that of the Red-throated Wryneck.
The Olive Woodpecker is probably a major host of the Scaly-throated Honeyguide, which shares its forested habitat.
Bird illustrations are from Sasol Birds of Southern Africa published by Struik Nature. Illustrations © by Norman Arlott are used with kind permission of the Arlott family.
www.struiknature.co.za
Status and biology
Common resident in forest and dense woodland; often in small forest patches and near forest edge.
