On 2/12/2018 11:04 AM, John Grossbohlin wrote:
"Leon"Â* wrote in message
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On 2/11/2018 11:24 PM, John Grossbohlin wrote:

I recently toured the factory of Community Play Things. Their
products are found in schools, day cares, hospitals, and other
institutional places where children and babies can be found.Â* While
there I found out that they use a wood for their outdoor products
that is pickled.

Though my memory of the details could be off, as I recall the wood
itself is from Austria and the preservation is done in Norway... This
not a finish but rather an impregnating process (I believe done under
a vacuum like pressure treated wood). When I smelled the wood it had
the scent of pickles/vinegar.

For pallet wood it might be cost effective compared to heat treated
wood... perhaps this is what you have.


I used to receive and ship on pallets, hundreds per week.Â* I never saw
a treated pallet as most were not wanted back by the shipper, GM. Only
a very few were made out of a decent wood and those were so riddled
with nails it was more trouble than it was worth to try and salvage
for other uses.

Regarding this tread, I was thinking more along the lines of the
requirements for pallets used in international shipments to be treated
in some way to prevent invasive pests.Â* The reference to the smell
suggested to me it could be a product of this pickling process.


Well that may very well be the case.

The efficacy of reusing pallets or pallet wood is certainly a valid
issue... I've only recycled them into kindling or used them on the floor
of my lumber shed as any other use would be too great of a time
waster... especially with the access I've had to rough cut over the
years. Now that I have an Alaskan chainsaw mill even more opportunities
present themselves. For example, while removing beaver killed trees from
a rail trail last fall I picked up 8 cherry logs. I milled four of them
in my back yard over the past couple weekends... My lumber shed is
overflowing and I am looking into ways to store and dry more wood... I
guarantee you none of it will be pallet wood! LOL


Yeah, those pallets we ended up with, we receive more than we shipped
out, we had to pay to get rid of them. So I kept the oak ones to one
side and only one time tried to dismantle it. The rest saw my recip saw
and the fireplace.