Boric acid solutions on kiln dried logs....is it worth it?????

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Permalink Reply by Dave and Julie Christiansen on January 4, 2009 at 8:09pm

Hi Dave. Julie and I will need to treat our logs with a borate solution. We discovered that the logs we used have not been borate treated and they were not kiln dried. We used dead standing trees for our logs. We will be staining this summer, Do we want to spray a borate solution on our logs just prior to staining them? Do we need to use a pressure strayer or would a pump sprayer which is commonly used to spray fruit trees good enough?

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Permalink Reply by David Reed on January 5, 2009 at 11:08am

garden sprayer will be fine....just mix as directed

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Permalink Reply by Joe on December 15, 2008 at 7:58pm

I found a very good article on this subject of treating logs at the following site:

http://www.lhoti.com/article-6.php

Joe

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Permalink Reply by See Dirt Run! Inc. on January 2, 2009 at 9:33am

Never skip the borate. It's not just insects it works on.

Beth

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