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  1. 22nd December 2005, 10:03 PM #1
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    Hi All,

    I found a collection of bugs / weavels / white ant or whatever you call them in a heap of silky oak I have.

    It has turned some of it to powder, mostly around the sapwood.

    Remedy?
    I know throw it out would be easy, but any spray I can use to protect the other timber it was near?


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    Mate, you'd better be more specific. If you have white ants, you have more a major problem which won't be fixed by spraying a bit of stuff around. They eat everything and build mud tunnels to stay away from the light. Can you post a pic?

    But it sounds more like borers which don't travel from one piece to another.
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    Gumby,

    Do you know if there has been a thread on the differrent timber eating bugs, how to get rid of them or prevent them etc?

    I know there will be geographical differences, but would probably be of interest to many.

    Steve

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    There were a couple recently, not sure how much info is in there. A search on termites in here or Google will reveal lots. Thanks about the box.


    http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...light=termites

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    must be bora, will take some pics tomorrow and attach.

    thanks gumby

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    soak the timber in turps, it'll kill insects and eggs
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    Echidna beat me to it. I had some silky oak with borers in the sapwood and I even saw two of the little mongrels poking their heads out :mad: So I doused the piece in Turpentine - outside and I was standing upwind as it's pretty strong stuff - and borers were no more!! Other than that, cut the sapwood off.

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    If you don't have any turps, wrap the whole thing thightly in black plastic & leave in the stinking hot sun for a few days. That should kill just about anything, it doesn't smell bad & its cheap
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