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Joe O

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I had a cabinet shop plane a 5/4 x 7 white oak board i had left over from lineing my horse stalls, many years ago.When I picked it up the owner asked if I knew it had powder post beattles in it,which I didn't.There wasn't any evidence of dust where it had set overnight.I cut out the six pieces I wanted to modify my MLB widgeon and placed them in a plastic bag and sprinkled powder, used to kill fire ants.I will leave it for a week or so to see what happens.Any thoughts?
 
Did it have a bunch of little round holes in it? They may have been in it a long time ago. I'd say the powder probably won't do anything since the beatles will be inside the wood. I'd seal the hell out of it and smother them. I hope they didn't ruin the strength of the board.
 

The wood is sound.there are little tel tale slots and small holes.They very well have been there along time ago.I'm gassing them right now with that stinking powder we use to contron fire ants.The cabinet man tels me they realy get made if you seal them up.Funny!I was looking for some white eastern cedar fo a shelf and he claims red cedar is more impervious to rot based on cedar fence posts lasting so long in yhe ground.Not sure he is familure with the white cedar I'm Talking about.Use it for boatbuilding all the time.Thanks
 
Red cedar is probably more rot resistant than white. It has a lot more resin in it..you plan on burying your boat? Red cedar fenceposts don't rot..it's a little bug that eats them at the ground level.
 

I found that we have all kinds of bugs here.I buried my Canoe for a gate post and was thinking of burying the widgeon on the other side to hold the gate,but I had to dig out the canoe because those dasterdly Fiber Glass bugs were eating on it.:^)
 
The fiber glass bugs don't come out here until later in the year. Some time after April 1.( : )
 
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