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ftp

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Snails
« on: September 15, 2009, 06:13:01 pm »
Did a house yesterday then back for the insides today. Looking at the glass (usual crap results from crappy water fed pole crap system) I noticed marks on the outside that looked just like someone had run a drill up the glass - turned out to be snail trails that either didn't come off yesterday or happened last night. They look dreadfull if you miss them.  :-[
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GWCS

Re: Snails
« Reply #1 on: September 15, 2009, 06:17:21 pm »
how can you not miss them when cleaning it?

they stand out a mile as the water flows over them.
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NWH

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Re: Snails
« Reply #2 on: September 15, 2009, 06:19:34 pm »
On snail trails just go over the trail in the direction it travels ie just follow it with the brush you`ll find that a couple of passes and it`ll be gone or you could use hot water and stop moaning lol. ;D ;D
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gerard mcmanus

Re: Snails
« Reply #3 on: September 15, 2009, 06:23:02 pm »
I had a massive one the other day, on a second floor window, why do they climb that high to go on a window. Surely they are lured to the garden plants, not the spiders.

This always confuses me?  ???
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NWH

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Re: Snails
« Reply #4 on: September 15, 2009, 06:24:14 pm »
They climb up brickwork aswell but i must say i don`t get many upstairs if at all.
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ftp

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Re: Snails
« Reply #5 on: September 15, 2009, 06:27:43 pm »
Pity the don't eat spiders. I hate them now as well.
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R W C

Re: Snails
« Reply #6 on: September 15, 2009, 08:19:40 pm »
Quote from: GWCS on September 15, 2009, 06:17:21 pm
how can you not miss them when cleaning it?

they stand out a mile as the water flows over them.

Agree
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Roy Harding

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Re: Snails
« Reply #7 on: September 15, 2009, 10:44:18 pm »
They could also be caterpillar marks as these appear at this time of year.

Roy
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Justen Uff

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Re: Snails
« Reply #8 on: September 15, 2009, 10:55:10 pm »
Who told snails to go vertical? What is up there for them anyway?
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chris@c.m.s

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Re: Snails
« Reply #9 on: September 15, 2009, 11:34:39 pm »
Wipe the sills with a salty cloth that will stop them  ;D
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Sussex by the sea

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Re: Snails
« Reply #10 on: September 15, 2009, 11:43:53 pm »
Quote from: ftp on September 15, 2009, 06:13:01 pm
Did a house yesterday then back for the insides today. Looking at the glass (usual crap results from crappy water fed pole crap system) I noticed marks on the outside that looked just like someone had run a drill up the glass - turned out to be snail trails that either didn't come off yesterday or happened last night. They look dreadfull if you miss them.  :-[

I think I know what you mean, did they look like spirals & only go virtical? if so they are not snail trails & I agree, they are really hard to get off. They won't come off with normal scrubbing. They're hard to get off trad too.
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mick partington

Re: Snails
« Reply #11 on: September 15, 2009, 11:58:03 pm »
turbo snails  ;D
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collins82002

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Re: Snails
« Reply #12 on: September 16, 2009, 12:26:14 am »
Its not the snails that bother me its the spiders and their eggs in the corners of the frame and now my van has turned into a spider nursery cause they catch a lift off my pole.
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Dave Turley

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Re: Snails
« Reply #13 on: September 16, 2009, 06:11:47 am »
i've come across those marks once- weird spirally figure of eight marks that go straight upwards. my custy said they were caterpillar marks.
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ftp

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Re: Snails
« Reply #14 on: September 16, 2009, 07:21:00 am »
Thats it! figure of eight marks running vertical almost like a kid had scribbled a figure of eight over and over again.
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