Green/non hazardous wood preservative
#1
03-08-23, 08:13 PM
Green/non hazardous wood preservative
I used copper green and I’ve had enough. Smells awful and if I get a little on my clothes or skin the smell lingers.
Are there any safer alternatives? I read boiled linseed oil can work? I’m not putting posts in the ground. Just wood in an marine environment.
Are there any safer alternatives? I read boiled linseed oil can work? I’m not putting posts in the ground. Just wood in an marine environment.
#3
03-09-23, 04:36 AM
Group Moderator
Linseed is not good for a marine environment. There are a lot of better alternatives. Try looking up treatments for teak, a wood very commonly used in marine environments. Many of those products use tung oil as a base and you have a lot of options as to the exact makeup. Some products have UV inhibitors or are specially formulated for hard woods...
#5
03-09-23, 10:43 AM
Group Moderator
Were you actually coating your whole dock/deck in copper green? Normally that is only used to paint on the cut ends of treated lumber or the ends of fence posts.
Have you using a product intended for that purpose? There are a lot of deck treatments available. I've used Cabot's products on mine and I like them better than Thompson's.
Have you using a product intended for that purpose? There are a lot of deck treatments available. I've used Cabot's products on mine and I like them better than Thompson's.
#6
03-23-23, 10:46 PM
No, it’s not being used as coating. We use PT wood for framing and the docks use various sizes of PT wood. When we cut boards or rip them down we use the preservative to coat the cut ends to protect them.
