Big Green: ACQ Preserve

[Whitacre, Anne]

Borate is water soluble and can only be used indoors
Anne Whitacre

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To: Joe Nolan <jnolan at adobe.com>
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Sent: Fri Nov 17 12:59:42 2006
Subject: Re: Big Green: ACQ Preserve

Another product out there is borate treated wood.  It is "environmentally friendly" and it can be used in most construction applications.   

Check out this link to a .pdf.   www.durable-wood.com/pdfs/borate-eng1oct02.pd    

I still advocate using a wood that is naturally going to have all the qualities of treated wood.   FSC Redwood and cedar and the tropical hardwoods are all good choices - plus they are more attractive. 
Melissa 


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On Nov 17, 2006, at 10:04 AM, Joe Nolan wrote: 


	Mike O'Brien wrote: 

		Copper Azole and ACQ, Ammonium Copper Quaternary, which are safe...until? 

	Isn't the next contender TimberSil? 
	<http://pubs.acs.org/subscribe/journals/esthag-w/2006/apr/tech/mf_wood.html> 
	Sounds pretty good - it makes the wood "inert" rather than making it toxic. 
	Not sure about availability. 


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