Original Posted By: "Wayne Sippola"
Allen wrote: ...what about something like Thompsons water seal or cuprinol? The former contains various waxes thatare in some volatile carrier and the latter contains various compounds that would actually prevent rot.I am suprised that your brother didn't mention thatcuprinol is one of the more deadly chemicals to workwith. Just running pressure treated wood thru a sawruns the risk of sickening one to the point of serioushealth concerns due to breathing the saw dust throwninto the air. To brush the cuprinol on as a preservativewould expose one to a bad reaction, central nervoussystem poisoning, from breathing the stuff. This is not to be considered a slap on the wrist so tospeak, we will run health risks enough just coveringthe piet and finishing it. OSHA and EPA have burstmy bubble already by saying that just breathing thedust thrown into the air when cutting our belovedwoods is bad for our health. And there is nothing more delicious than the aroma of cut wood hangingin the air in the shop... sigh.I guess the trick is to take precautions such as usingstrong glues, water resistant plywoods, varnish, goodcovering systems, keeping it in a hanger and every40 years or so, build a fresh piet just to be sure.Rodger ChildsPiet in progress ________________________________________________________________________________