27-08-2012, 04:12 PM
Hi,
I hope you are right Lawrence about woodworm liking wet timber as the timber in the workshop is very dry indeed and so far I've seen about five places where the timber has been lightly attacked with only a few flight holes. Any woodworm is worrying because our bungalow sports plenty of timber.
Thanks both for the best wishes and woodworm information David. My last major project was the Ekco T311 restoration and sections of the cabinet looked as though it had been shot with a twelve bore; as you say though David the flight holes only tell part of the story; once I pulled the cabinet apart the extent of the damage became apparent; in parts only a very thin skin of the original panel and framework remained with the inside being full of nothing but dust (frass). The timber framework suffering the woodworm attack in the workshop appears to have got off lightly so far so hopefully by giving a double soaking with the fluid I might get lucky and eradicate them.
2 to 5 years is a long time to have a single woodworm munching away out of sight and a full infestation can and does wreak havoc if not caught early enough; I'll be watching for signs of the little blighter's and still have lots of the fluid to hand. It's a pity I can't microwave the entire workshop.
Won't soaking the surfaces of the timber in fluid actually kill any emerging woodworm thereby preventing them from breeding? The fluid is described as long lasting.
Kind regards, Col.
I hope you are right Lawrence about woodworm liking wet timber as the timber in the workshop is very dry indeed and so far I've seen about five places where the timber has been lightly attacked with only a few flight holes. Any woodworm is worrying because our bungalow sports plenty of timber.
Thanks both for the best wishes and woodworm information David. My last major project was the Ekco T311 restoration and sections of the cabinet looked as though it had been shot with a twelve bore; as you say though David the flight holes only tell part of the story; once I pulled the cabinet apart the extent of the damage became apparent; in parts only a very thin skin of the original panel and framework remained with the inside being full of nothing but dust (frass). The timber framework suffering the woodworm attack in the workshop appears to have got off lightly so far so hopefully by giving a double soaking with the fluid I might get lucky and eradicate them.
2 to 5 years is a long time to have a single woodworm munching away out of sight and a full infestation can and does wreak havoc if not caught early enough; I'll be watching for signs of the little blighter's and still have lots of the fluid to hand. It's a pity I can't microwave the entire workshop.
Won't soaking the surfaces of the timber in fluid actually kill any emerging woodworm thereby preventing them from breeding? The fluid is described as long lasting.
Kind regards, Col.
Happiness is a wreck of a cabinet to restore.
