Borate Wood Treatment
Borate wood treatment & preservatives have successfully been used to protect wood from attacks by wood-boring insects and decay-causing fungi for over forty years. Borates have been used to successfully, and safely, preserve log homes, frame houses, historic boats and other wooden artifacts.
Borate is a naturally occurring mineral salt mined out of California. Borates work by eliminating wood as a food source or harborage for termites, carpenter ants, wood-destroying beetles and decay fungi. The wood becomes poisonous to them; therefore, the pests don't feed on the affected wood.
Borate Powder
If borate powder is consumed, they kill the microorganisms that produce enzymes in the insect's stomach, the insect can't absorb nutrients and it will die.
Borate Wood Preservative
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 Termites
- Drywood Termites
- Dampwood Termites
- Beetles:
- Powderpost
- "False" Powdered Beetles
- Furniture Beetles
- Longhorn Beetles
- Bark Beetles
- Timber Beetles
- Old House Borers
- Carpenter Ants
Borate Powder for Sale
Lovitt's offers these very effective wood borate treatments that are easy to use, please feel free to call us to discuss your project and how our borates can help you keep your structure protected from bug infestation.
