I had some SYP trees sawn up a few years ago and they have been
stickered and drying since then. I planed about 300 sf today and some
of it has some termites. I plan to use this on a ceiling in the house ,
heated and ac'd. Before I put it up I will put 3 coats of polyurethane
on it ,the first thinned so it will soak in good. I figure that will
cramp their style somewhat. If they live on despite the poly, will they
not be able to survive once the wood reaches its final moisture
content, after a year or so? How might these other possibilities
work...
1 Sticker it up, wrap it in plastic and set off some bug bombs. Maybe 1
per day for 3-4 days or a week?
2 Wrap it up and pull a vacuum on it like vacuum bagging?
3 Hook some 110 volt wires to each board for 10 minutes or so, black on
one end and white on the other?
4 Put some kind of bug killer in the first coat of poly?
5 I don't really want to heat it as I imagine it might warp,but if I
made a foam sheet oven with a heater in it, what temp would it have to
reach and for how long?
Thanks, Sam