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6th May 2021, 03:09 PM #1Senior Member
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Angophora floribunda Preservation
I’m removing a particularly large ANGOPHORA before it falls on our house. I’d like to use the slices for stepping stones in our landscape but am aware that the species is termite heaven and it’s not a good outdoor timber.
Is there any way of treating/coating the timber to give it reasonable longevity?
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Phil
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6th May 2021, 06:20 PM #2
Phil
Difficult question. It is the preferred timber for butcher's blocks (end grain to the top of the block) and was also well regarded for dance floors.
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6th May 2021, 07:41 PM #3Senior Member
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6th May 2021, 10:15 PM #4
Phil
Rough Barked Apple, which was once classified as a Eucalypt, and now of course is an Angophora has a dry density of about 850kg/m³. This makes it in the middle of the Australian hardwoods. I wasn't at home before and did not have access to Bootle's book. He states it has little use other than fence palings. I know I am right about the butcher's block as that timber does not blunt the knife edges as many others will. I don't know where I got the use for dance flooring as neither this or the butcher's block are mentioned in his book ( Wood in Australia) .
Many years ago I used them as split posts in a fence line and they stood up remarkably well, although knowing what I know now I would not deliberately use it for this purpose again.
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6th May 2021, 11:36 PM #5Senior Member
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Thanks Paul, appreciate your following up.
That was my understanding of the timber. It seems a shame to put it on a burn pile. I was hoping there was some kind of preservative, or coating that would help its longevity.
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15th May 2021, 05:21 PM #6Senior Member
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Hi Phil- If you are determined to use this timber for outdoor use, I would try Cutek CD50 Xtreme.
We are also in the Southern Highlands at Canyonleigh, and use it for the timber decks with good results.
The beauty of this stuff is that it penetrates deep into the timber and helps prevent checking or splitting.
Also offers long term durability and I doubt the termites would bother after treatment.
It can be purchased from a recycling timber yard in Moss Vale, Lackey Street from memory or I'm sure there are other outlets from doing a search.Good Luck-Scott.
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CSIRO Forest trees of Australia says
- now rarely sawn.
- usually used for fencing and farm outbuildings, and firewood
- Better logs sometimes used for flooring, cladding and panelling.
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15th May 2021, 08:55 PM #8Senior Member
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15th May 2021, 08:57 PM #9Senior Member
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Originally Posted by BobL;[URL="tel:2239796"
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19th May 2021, 06:57 AM #10
I had meant to say that I once milled a Rough Barked Apple. It was a decent sized tree (about 700mm dbh from memory) and I anticipated getting some good timber from it. It turned out to have the strangest defect in it. Part way through the milling I struck a cavity which bled a red fluid. It was a bit like thin red blood and there was litres of it: Just poured out of the log. Most peculiar and I gave up on the log.
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19th May 2021, 04:29 PM #11Senior Member
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I recall that happening once with a Brown Barrel. Quite a shock - I first thought I’d cut some critter in half!
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