Borates - powdered/liquid
Borates-General Information
Borate wood preservatives have successfully been used to protect wood from attacks by wood-boring insects and decay-causing fungi for over forty years. Their widespread use was initially pioneered in New Zealand and Australia in the 1940's and 50's where it continues to be a leading preservation method. Borates have been used to successfully, and safely, preserve log homes, frame houses, historic boats and other wooden artifacts.
With pressure mounting from the Environmental Protection Agency and consumers becoming more educated about their pest control options, borate-based treatments are gaining momentum for the treatment of wood-destroying organisms among PCOs across the country. Borates are a naturally occurring mineral salt mined in California. They work by eliminating wood as a food source or harborage for termites, carpenter ants, wood-destroying beetles and decay fungi. The wood becomes nonviable to them; therefore, the pests don't feed on the affected wood. If borates are consumed, they kill the microorganisms that produce enzymes in the insect's stomach, the insect can't absorb nutrients and it will starve to death.
Borates are water soluble, inorganic borate salt with insecticidal and fungicidal properties that are effective against many wood destroying organisms, including the following:
Termites:
Subterranean, Drywood and Dampwood
Beetles:
Powderpost. "False" Powdered Beetles, Furniture Beetles,
Longhorn Beetles, Bark and Timber Beetles
Old House Borers
Carpenter Ants
Timbor borate powder
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Tim-bor is a powdered concentrate of water-soluble inorganic borate salt that you mix with water when you are ready to apply
Penetreat Borates
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PeneTreatTM, a borate-based wood preservative, forms a shell of protection to defend against rot, most wood-destroying insects and fungi.
PeneTreatTM is a powder that is mixed with water and then applied with a brush or sprayed on with a garden sprayer.
Bora-Care
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BORA-CARE is glycol-borate solution for wood treatment that provides long lasting protection..
Shellguard Concentrate
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Concentrated (20-30 % Disodium Octaborate Tetrahydrate), borate-based fungicide and wood preservative for the protection of new and old log homes.
Shellguard RTU
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Shell-Guard RTU is a ready-to-use borate-based formulation that contains the same active ingredient and glycol carriers that have proven so successful in Shell-Guard Concentrate.
