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GENERAL APPLICATION

• Apply only with hand-directed equipment such as a pneumatic sprayer. Sprayers with Viton seals and fittings should be used to avoid damage from diesel herbicide carriers.

• Use spray equipment at low pressures, up to 200 kPa, to prevent splashing.

• Treat all stems on multi-stemmed varieties. Delay treatment until all regrowth on bulldozed or ploughed land has emerged to a height of at least 1 meter.

• Do not treat species that lose their leaves (e.g., sweet briar) or become dormant (e.g., Australian blackthorn or camphor laurel) during winter.

• Species with old, rough bark require more thorough wetting than smooth-barked species.

• Do not apply to charcoal-coated or wet stems as this can repel the diesel mixture.

Basal Bark Application Method

• Dilute the indicated volume of Access Herbicide with an appropriate carrier up to a total volume of 60 L. Liberally spray the bark around the stem from ground level to 30 cm high, wetting thoroughly to the point of runoff.

• Access ThinLine basal bark application method: Alternatively, reduce the application band to 5 cm high but increase the concentration proportionally (one part Access diluted with 9 parts diesel) for smooth-stemmed woody weed species.

Cut Stump Method

• Cut stems less than 15 cm above ground level.

• Immediately apply Access/carrier mixture liberally to the freshly cut stump by spraying the cut surface and sides of the stem.

CLEANING SPRAY EQUIPMENT

• Rinse water should be discharged onto a designated disposal area or unused land away from desirable plants and watercourses.

• After spraying, use a degreaser like Caltex Kwik-D-Grease to remove carrier traces from the sprayer. Rinse tank and spray through nozzles thoroughly with water to remove degreaser.

• Quarter fill the tank with clean water and add an alkali detergent (e.g., liquid SURF, OMO, DRIV at 500 mL/100L of water or the powder equivalent at 500 g/100L of water). If using concentrated laundry detergent, use 250 g (or mL)/100 L water. Do not use chlorine-based cleaners.

• Shake the water around the sprayer and spray the solution through the nozzles to thoroughly clean the lines and nozzles. Rinse well with clean water to remove detergent.

• To clean brushes and containers, spray liberally with degreaser, hose off thoroughly with water, and repeat using detergents.

• Do not use this equipment for any other purpose.