Comments on: Homemade Wood Preservative

By: Bearfort

Bearfort — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 12:25:08 +0000

Hello Randy -- Both Timbor and Penetreat are a borate based product. I would not really recommend using a glycol and borate mix to use on your deck. I do not recommend using the glycol borate mix on surfaces where there is high level of human of pet contact. Instead - for your application take a look at the wood preservative that Michael Dutton has suggested as it can be used on decks. The borate Glycol mixture is to be used only in areas where there is rot to stop and prevent further decay.

By: Randy Davis

Randy Davis — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 01:23:59 +0000

Sir – I have about 2000 sf of deck and dock that are 1×6 treated deck boards about 5 years old. The box store wood treatments are $80-120 for 5 gal and only cover 150 sf/gal…quite an expensive treatment. My question is if I getG and borate powder do I need to add timbor or penetreat? I am kind of confused about the optimum mix for this application.

Regards – Randy

By: 100% Natrual Wood Preservative Recipe by Michael Dutton

100% Natrual Wood Preservative Recipe by Michael Dutton — Wed, 18 May 2011 11:40:06 +0000

[...] in Log Home Maintenance Not long ago, Michael Dutton of The Tsarina Imperial Dacha Company in Scotland provided excellent information and was featured on Traditional Log Cabin and Timberframe Preservation Practices. He had originally responded to an article on the use of borate and glycol mixture for wood preservation in the post Homemade Wood Preservative. [...]

By: Bearfort

Bearfort — Tue, 03 May 2011 12:52:19 +0000

Hello Leslie –

Although I’m familiar with a variation of that method using Borate Impel Rods I guess you could use the recipe and make a thick paste of the mixture and inject it as you described.

Yeah not a good idea to store pallets or firewood in the basement of next to the foundation.

You could try using the dry borate – and dust the affected areas with that.

By: leslie

leslie — Mon, 02 May 2011 08:03:57 +0000

I had read in an article where the person mentioned drilling every 18 inches on the wall and injecting boric acid into the hole and then caulking it up. With your recipe of boric acid,propylene glycol and borax mixture,do you think that would get better results to do it that way? I saw swarmers on my porch the other night and I crawled under the house and I saw a tube going up one of the cement blocks. I’m really sure I have subterranean and maybe drywood termites. My smart roomate put some wood pallets for a temporary winter cathouse around December and I pulled up the pallets up about a month ago because I was worried about termites and there they were. This was on the front porch next to the house. After removing the wood pallets the termites starting building tubes up the cinder blocks next to where the pallets use to be. I have drop ceiling tiles where I have easy access to the wall roof section and would like to inject this mixture into all the beams if possible cause I don’t have the money for an exterminator. I have that loose celluose insulation in the walls also.