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Started by DanG, July 04, 2006, 02:58:53 PM

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DanG

...to the wood protection problem?  www.bluwood.net

I saw a blurb in a magazine, so I clicked in and checked it out.  Details are kinda sketchy on the website, but apparently they treat with DOT, then coat the wood with something else.  Sounds like it might work.  Anybody seen any of it?
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woodbeard

Well, at the very least, it looks fabulous.  ;D

DanG

It is lovely, ain't it? :D :D :D
"I don't feel like an old man.  I feel like a young man who has something wrong with him."  Dick Cavett
"Beat not thy sword into a plowshare, rather beat the sword of thine enemy into a plowshare."

Radar67

Looks like a promising product. I wonder.... could this also be a solution for using blue stained pine??? hmmm........

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getoverit

I read an article a couple of months ago about this product, and from what I understand it is simply a treatment for termite-proofing indoor lumber. It is not for outdoor use where it will come in contact with the elements.

It costs about an additional $2500 per house to build with this stuff, but it is guaranteed to never have or need termite treatment, which can save you thousands over time.
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woodbeard

Ahh.. I see. They use DOT.
The DOT imposes so many regulations on the termites that they just give up and go somewhere else.
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Murf

A friend runs the R & D dept. at a big wood PT company near here, he said they experimented with all sorts of whacky ideas, none were commercially viable though.

One of the closest to making it to market was a large microwave, with a conveyor running through it, the wood was placed stick by stick on the conveyor and run through the nuculator, the microwave heats from the inside out, so the moisture at the core superheated and turned to steam, pushing the water outwards, while still hot it was then doused in preservative, the sudden cooling causing the wood to basically inhale the preservative, taking it farther into the wood then pressure would because of the existing moisture content in the wood stopping the penetration just below the surface.

The deciding factor was having to unbundle and rebundle every lift of wood for treating.

They treat whole railway cars full of wood now in a single shot.  :o

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