Method and composition for treating substrates
AssigneeWood treatment Products, Inc.
InventorsRobert N. Grantham, James R. Weaver III
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Abstract
A method of treating substrates, such as wood, including the steps of applying an alkali silicate solution to one or more substrates and applying an alkali borate solution with boric oxide (B2O3) content to the substrates. Substrates that have been treated using the present method include a borate-silicate polymer within the substrate. When the present substrates are wood, wood products, or green lumber, they may be used to build structures.
Claims62
A method of treating substrates comprising:
- (a) applying an alkali silicate solution to one or more substrates;
- and
- (b) applying an alkali borate solution with boric oxide (B2O3) content to the substrates.
The method of claim 20, wherein the wetting agent is a mixture of trisodium phosphate and sodium metasilicate, the sealant composition is a styrene-butadiene copolymer, the rheology modifier is a mixture of lignum and culmonol, and the alkali borate is disodium octaborate tetrahydrate.
A substrate treated by a method comprising:
- (1) applying an alkali silicate solution to one or more substrates;
- and
- (2) applying an alkali borate with boric oxide (B2O3) content to the substrates.
A substrate comprising a borate-silicate polymer composition within the substrate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.