....might be that you have the "new" stuff or old HD/Menards stuff...CCA
stuff I'm using I think is at least 15 years old (have to guess because we
bought the house in 2001 but think the deck was original to the house based
on a number of factors). 20' 2x6 boards still straight as an arrow, just
"punky" on the top. Is all still "wet" with treatment when I
cut/plane/shape into it.

Have worked with both HD/Menards treated boards in the past and maybe you're
right...both tend to buy the heartwood pine which probably doesn't take the
"juice" as well even though the "pressure" is the same.

"kenR" wrote in message
m...
The quality of the PT that you use muse be a lot better than that around
here. When I cut a 2x4, you can see where it only penetrated about a
half inch.

In article ,
says...
...I milled mine to take off a thin layer of "punk" material caused by
poor
maintenance and create a smooth surface for its new intended use. As
for
removing the protectant, "pressure treated" means the "juice" is applied
under pressure to permeate the entire board. That's why you can cut it,
rip
it, etc. without worrying.

"Richard Clements" wrote in message
...
J. Clarke wrote:

Buck Turgidson wrote:

I'll disagree...inasmuch as the "old" treated lumber was used for
years
without any adverse health effects that I have ever seen
documented,
it
only
lost favor because of our EPA stepping in with their typical
"chicken-little" thing...check with the southern yellow-pine
association
web-site if you want more info on the debate...


Maybe you need to look harder. The Washington Post cited a study
in
which children who frequently played on PT decks, etc, had a many
times
higher incidence of childhood leukemia and other types of cancers.

Replicated study published in a peer-reviewed journal? If not then
it's
automatically suspect.

You'll also find the the EPA under Bush has played quite a few
games
with
the wording of regulations, and have eviscerated a lot of the teeth
in
regs.


you also have to remember that washington post, in a related article,
claimed that PloyVinylCloride shouldn't be used to make children's
toys
for
the same reason. there reason was a study done by the I think it was
"voices of responsible science", the same people who went after Lay
for
there WOW chips, it's all pure FUD,

breathing arsenic isn't good for you, and you really shouldn't eat the
sawdust either, on the same note you should work with pine a small
unventilated room(turpentine isn't good you you either), the big
question
is if your using PT why are you milling it? if you mill it your
taking
way
the protectant and your left with pine, just use pine or red wood