Material and method for treament of timber
AssigneeKoppers-Hickson Timber Protection Pty Limited
InventorPeter Ravnor Soundy Cobham
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Abstract
A material and method for treating timber. The material comprises a preservative and a carrier. The carrier is selected such that it remains mobile within the wood and provides for migration of the preservative within the treated wood. By providing a carrier which is mobile within the wood, the timber has a ‘self healing’ effect wherein the carrier/preservative migrates to any freshly cut or exposed surface of the wood to thereby redistribute and treat such a surface within the preservative and hence maintain integrity of a treatment envelope surrounding the wood.
Claims38
A non-water and non-solvent based material for treating wood comprising a preservative and a carrier, the carrier being selected such that it remains mobile within the wood and provides for migration of the preservative within the treated wood, said carrier including:
- (a) a drying oil selected from linseed oil, fish oil or another drying oil, and
- (b) an extender, such as heating oil;
- said preservative including an insecticide, termicide, fungicide, mouldicide, or the like, or mixtures thereof.
A method of treating wood comprising contacting the wood with a material comprising a preservative and a carrier, the carrier being selected such that it remains mobile within the wood and provides for migration of the preservative within the treated wood, said carrier including:
- (c) a drying oil selected from linseed oil, fish oil or another drying oil, and
- (d) an extender, such as heating oil;
- said preservative including an insecticide, termicide, fungicide, mouldicide, or the like, or mixtures thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.