Wood

From: J. Bryan Blundell <*jbb<-a*> Date: Tuesday, September 6, 2005 · jbb<-a

Carrie Duran <carried [at] cityofgastonia__com>

>...  We have a cross-section slice of a 300+ year old tree
>that we use in our education programs.  Unfortunately, it is
>starting to develop a large split from the outside into the center.
>I'm afraid it will just keep splitting until we have two halves of a
>tree "cookie". ...

An application of BoraCol with its glycol solution will help
stabilize the wood. I have such pieces of wood that I treated with
BoraCare and they have remained stable.

Bryan Blundell

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