Comparison of Wood Preservatives in Stake Tests. (1973 Progress Report).
Abstract
Southern pine untreated control stakes have had an average life of about 1 year in the Canal Zone; 1.8 to 3.6 years in Mississippi, Florida, and Louisiana; and about 6 years in Wisconsin. Superficial treatments by 3-minute dipping and brushing with preservatives such as coal-tar creosote and petroleum oils containing copper naphthenate, zinc naphthenate, phenyl mercury oleate, and pentachlorophenol have added a few months to 4 years to the life of the untreated stakes. Some waterborne preservatives have provided less protection to the stakes than the standard preservative oils, such as coal-tar creosote and pentachlorophenol solutions, when preservative retentions have corresponded to those in commercial use. Other waterborne preservatives have shown excellent results in the exposure tests. (Modified author abstract)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1973
- Accession Number
- AD0774786
Entities
People
- H. L. Davidson
- L. R. Gjovik
Organizations
- Forest Products Laboratory