02-04-2011, 06:43 PM
It's possbile, but unlikely that there wil be any more larvae. The eggs were layed at the same time, they hatched at the same time, becoming pupae, the pupae will have evolved as beetles at the same time, and will have emerged at the same time. I think that a lot of people believe that the holes are cause by beetles boring into the timber rather than being evidence of the newly hatched beetles leaving, after they larvae have been burrowing away unnoticed inside the timber for two to five years. When laying the eggs, the female will generally try to enter the timber by the end grain, and in radios, will invariably have got into the cabinet and burrowed into the untreated wood.
It won't of course do any harm to dose the wood with woodworm treatment, and I guess theres' a feeling of reassurance about doing that.
The real worry for whoever stored the radio in a loft or wherever, is that if woodworm have attacked the radio, they will almost certainly have attacked the structural timbers, which could be very expensive to put right, possibly requiring replacement. But doubtless any restorers/collectors won't have been the original owners and will have come into possession of the radio many years after the woodworm have been and gone, leaving behind, evidence of their evil deeds!
I don't think there's much that can be done to conceal worm holes, other than using the wax crayons especially made for that purpose, matched to the colour of the cabinet, then polished over with wax polish.
We all have our own views about whther a radio is worthwhile restoring, and how far to go with it, but personally, I wouldn't want to bother with a woody that has had woodworm in it unless it was just a few inconspicuous holes. It it was the sides of the cabinet, I'd probalby fill the holes, and re-veneer it if the set was worth the trouble.
David.
It won't of course do any harm to dose the wood with woodworm treatment, and I guess theres' a feeling of reassurance about doing that.
The real worry for whoever stored the radio in a loft or wherever, is that if woodworm have attacked the radio, they will almost certainly have attacked the structural timbers, which could be very expensive to put right, possibly requiring replacement. But doubtless any restorers/collectors won't have been the original owners and will have come into possession of the radio many years after the woodworm have been and gone, leaving behind, evidence of their evil deeds!
I don't think there's much that can be done to conceal worm holes, other than using the wax crayons especially made for that purpose, matched to the colour of the cabinet, then polished over with wax polish.
We all have our own views about whther a radio is worthwhile restoring, and how far to go with it, but personally, I wouldn't want to bother with a woody that has had woodworm in it unless it was just a few inconspicuous holes. It it was the sides of the cabinet, I'd probalby fill the holes, and re-veneer it if the set was worth the trouble.
David.
