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Dry wood termites

Started by LDykes, November 15, 2022, 08:08:25 AM

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LDykes

Having a tough time with dry wood termites. 
I am in central Florida
Solar kiln must not get hot enough to kill them.
Looking for suggestions
Is there an effective chemical that can be applied to dry lumber that will kill these pest?
Calling a pest control company is not an practical option for me as wood is constantly coming out of the kiln and in some cases may sit for months even years before we build a piece with it.


scsmith42

Bora Care is typically a product used to treat already dried lumber.

You can augment the heat in  your solar kiln for sterilization.  A search of the archives should take you to some posts regarding this.
Peterson 10" WPF with 65' of track
Smith - Gallagher dedicated slabber
Tom's 3638D Baker band mill
and a mix of log handling heavy equipment.

YellowHammer

Heat is the sure thing for killing bugs.  I use multiple 500W UL listed shop lights, about $20 each at Lowes.
YellowHammerisms:

Take steps to save steps.

If it won't roll, its not a log; it's still a tree.  Sawmills cut logs, not trees.

Kiln drying wood: When the cookies are burned, they're burned, and you can't fix them.

Sawing is fun for the first couple million boards.

Be smarter than the sawdust

Stevenjohn21

I'd start by looking at modifying your solar kiln. I would think being in Florida you should be easily able to get the kiln to a high enough temp to kill all bugs. 

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