Preservative composition for wood and wood building materials and method of using same
AssigneeDesowag-Bayer Holzschutz GmbH
InventorsWolfgang Metzner, Hubert Koddebusch
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Abstract
Disclosed is a preservative composition for wood and wood construction material, comprising an organic solvent base, preferably an oily or oil-like solvent, at least one insecticide, organic fungicide or wood-preserving organic chemical compound which is soluble in the solvent, and typically from about 0.005 to 0.1% by weight, and more preferably between about 0.01 and 0.03% by weight, of at least one organic lithium compound soluble in the solvent, preferably lithium naphthenate or lithium octoate. The lithium compound provides also a marking effect for the compositions during application and subsequent thereto.
Claims29
In a preservative composition for wood, including an organic solvent base, at least one insecticide, an organic solvent base, at least one insecticide, organic fungicide or wood-preserving organic chemical compound which is soluble in said solvent, and a marking agent, the improvement which comprises said marking agent comprising at least one organic lithium compound soluble in said solvent, said organic lithium compound being present in an amount sufficient to permit a qualitative determination of the lithium in wood to which said composition is applied.
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