Thread: Borer in Redgum

soak them in turps

Do you mean, maybe spray turps to the outside of the board and let it soak in? I was worried that something like that would stain the timber and make finishing it difficult?

Thanks,
Dan

I'd sit the board in turps so it can get right through all the borer galleries and get the eggs as well as the insects.

Turps won't stain redgum, nor leach the colour from the timber.

Agree with the turps suggestions above. Soaking/spraying/fumigating are all good options. I sprayed (a lot) with a piece of timber a couple months ago and it worked quite well.

Also, borers can tend to attack sap wood and bark areas so removing these from your timber (if you can) should help prevent reinfestation too. The holes you see are usually from the adult borers exiting the timber. Eggs and babies may still be active inside and not always accessible from the holes you see. So it's bet to soak it through as much as possible.

Here's a page from the CSIRO on wood borers.


Cheers,
Carl

On turning blanks, I have rough turned them, then nuked them in the m/w to a good temp.

Tends to do no good at all to the life expectancy of any noonoos

regards