The Ford Barn

MikeK · 02-20-2014, 07:19 PM

Doug, Chromated Copper Arsenate (CCA) was banned as a wood preservative. It was because of the near 50% hexavalent chromium that CCA was banned, not the 1/3 arsenic oxide (As2O5) content that really killed termites and ants. The active copper in Woodlife Coppercote is copper naphthenate, highly effective against dry rot, and other molds & fungus.

Doug in NJ · 02-21-2014, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by MikeK

Doug, Chromated Copper Arsenate (CCA) was banned as a wood preservative. It was because of the near 50% hexavalent chromium that CCA was banned, not the 1/3 arsenic oxide (As2O5) content that really killed termites and ants. The active copper in Woodlife Coppercote is copper naphthenate, highly effective against dry rot, and other molds & fungus.

Thanks for the information. I went and checked the stuff I have, and it is the newer Copper Naphthenate formula.

Doug

Drive Shaft Dave · 02-21-2014, 09:03 PM

I did the same as Rusty and Skibb.

02-20-2014, 07:19 PM	#1
MikeK Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Windy City Posts: 2,919	Re: interior wood treatment Doug, Chromated Copper Arsenate (CCA) was banned as a wood preservative. It was because of the near 50% hexavalent chromium that CCA was banned, not the 1/3 arsenic oxide (As2O5) content that really killed termites and ants. The active copper in Woodlife Coppercote is copper naphthenate, highly effective against dry rot, and other molds & fungus.

02-21-2014, 09:03 PM	#3
Drive Shaft Dave Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: New hope Minnesota Posts: 742	Re: interior wood treatment I did the same as Rusty and Skibb.