Re: Treating untreated wood ?
[Re: Wolfdog91]
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04/01/21 06:32 PM
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Nate L
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An oil based wood preservative like TWP-100 for above ground.
Copper Naphthenate for ground contact/below ground.
Just be careful what you use and read the product data sheet when picking something for food contact/edible plants etc.
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Re: Treating untreated wood ?
[Re: Wolfdog91]
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04/01/21 06:38 PM
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Go to your ag store ,get a 50 pound bag of copper sulfate, build you a tank big and long enough to stack lumber in ,mix chemical with water and soak lumber, green lumber preferred it soaks it up easier than dry , leave for a week or so until the lumber is blue / green color ,there you have it. soak longer for best penetration.
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Re: Treating untreated wood ?
[Re: logger coffey]
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Go to your ag store ,get a 50 pound bag of copper sulfate, build you a tank big and long enough to stack lumber in ,mix chemical with water and soak lumber, green lumber preferred it soaks it up easier than dry , leave for a week or so until the lumber is blue / green color ,there you have it. I run a sawmill that makes pressure treated fence posts. Moisture content has to be at or below 15% to treat with our copper based chemicals. That is done at 150 psi and 120 degrees. The reject posts I sell, are $2 each. Most guys burn them black with a weed torch, burn the part in the ground and about 8 inches above ground. Most posts rot off a couple inches above ground. My deer blinds are made from rough cut pine, I burn them black, brush off with a broom them spray with deck sealer. some are pretty old with not rot showing yet.
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Re: Treating untreated wood ?
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04/02/21 12:04 AM
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For gardening look up french intensive gardening. I deep tilled the garden and used a potato hook to form the beds by pulling the soil forming beds. You are raising the bed and lowering the pathways between them. I put straw in the pathways. Broadcast greens , carrots, radishes, etc. Once the plants are up hand weed and after a few weedings you'll find that the veggies are winning the war.
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Re: Treating untreated wood ?
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04/02/21 09:18 AM
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Go to your ag store ,get a 50 pound bag of copper sulfate, build you a tank big and long enough to stack lumber in ,mix chemical with water and soak lumber, green lumber preferred it soaks it up easier than dry , leave for a week or so until the lumber is blue / green color ,there you have it. I run a sawmill that makes pressure treated fence posts. Moisture content has to be at or below 15% to treat with our copper based chemicals. That is done at 150 psi and 120 degrees. The reject posts I sell, are $2 each. Most guys burn them black with a weed torch, burn the part in the ground and about 8 inches above ground. Most posts rot off a couple inches above ground. My deer blinds are made from rough cut pine, I burn them black, brush off with a broom them spray with deck sealer. some are pretty old with not rot showing yet. Good post. Treated lumber isn't just dipped or soaked. I like the tip on burning.
Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire. -Gustav Mahler
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