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Pre treating lumber pile for insects
Barry Irby
I have just brought home a pile of soft maple from the sawmill and will be getting 3 or 4 more pickup loads. Plan to pile them outdoors with a cover. Combination of 4/4 lumber and 9/4 slabs.
Any advice on spraying it first with some sort of insect/mold protection would be appreciated. What should I use? (Thinking Boracare) I'm near Richmond VA if that matters.
Timbor is the other option
Dick Coers
Just something with Borax is a must. Both are a preventive pesticide and must go on quickly after cutting. A garden sprayer is the tool of choice.
Re: Pre treating lumber pile for insects
Ralph Lipeles
I assume that you have many small 3/4 x 3/4 sticks so that you will have air spaces between the boards.
Re: Pre treating lumber pile for insects
Barry Irby
Yes, I do have stickers. I have dried lots of lumber and am reusing the stickers.
I am going to order some Boracare. Not sure, but I think the bugs find maple very tasty.
This pile is killing me. Lots of 9/4 slabs and somehow I have gotten older.
Re: Pre treating lumber pile for insects
Brian Chitwood
You are smart for spraying. I lost a bunch of soft maple a few years ago. Was di
sapointing to not be able to use it. They feasted on it. This was in Iowa.