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Woodworm
- Thread starter Jim
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rayf6604
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From my days at B&Q if the worm is still active Cuprinol make a liquid treatment and keep it the hell away from the rest of your wood :nonono:
30 seconds in the micro should zap them Jim
Bigblackdog
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i would chuck them in the freezer for a few days.
What's the wood Jim?
Neil
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Jim,
Woodworm make the holes when they exit the wood, the eggs are laid into the wood by the thingy that lays them and they then hatch and the little shits then eat their way out and wander off to infest to procreate and bury the next round of eggs in your treasured wood pile.
It used to be the practice to have a sacrificial piece of wood in your roof (to protect the beams) that was usually alder, the wood of choice of the thingy that lays them. Regardless of whether there is any evidence of woodworm activity, take it and burn it once a year whilst shouting got you you little bastards and still feeling smug, replace the piece of alder to last another year. Woodworm can exist in wood for up to five years before they emerge and announce their presence. Liquid treatments in stocks of wood such as ours are somewhat useless as they only treat the surface, which we of course recreate every time we use our bandsaws.
Woodworm make the holes when they exit the wood, the eggs are laid into the wood by the thingy that lays them and they then hatch and the little shits then eat their way out and wander off to infest to procreate and bury the next round of eggs in your treasured wood pile.
It used to be the practice to have a sacrificial piece of wood in your roof (to protect the beams) that was usually alder, the wood of choice of the thingy that lays them. Regardless of whether there is any evidence of woodworm activity, take it and burn it once a year whilst shouting got you you little bastards and still feeling smug, replace the piece of alder to last another year. Woodworm can exist in wood for up to five years before they emerge and announce their presence. Liquid treatments in stocks of wood such as ours are somewhat useless as they only treat the surface, which we of course recreate every time we use our bandsaws.
Midnightlunchbox
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The common signs of The Beastie are frass (the dust they create whist boring), their poops which are tiny, sometimes dead beastie bodies and if you're really lucky you might see the odd one scuttling around. But as others have said, zap it in the microwave, remember what it did to the Gremlin?
Neil
Fellow
What's the wood Jim?
probably elm which is the top dining timber if there is no alder.
Neil
Fellow
I'll have to ask Sainsburys if I can use their freezer depot and a low loader for a week.
I would microwave it Jim or put it under vacuum and explode the beast.
Microwave it Jim but do it now.
They oil I have used it before bit of wd40 do there holes
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Just thought I'd ask before I made some sweeping statement about exit holes Neil.
Doesn't sound good mate
Jim are you making pen blanks or bowls cutting to size then microwave.
Blanks size I'd go for 1 min per layer of four spaced out 4 layers 4 mins.
Just turn it Jim.
If you use it for pens you will cut through any live ones.
Thin bowls will also cut through any live ones!
Just be prepared for an unexpected facial treatment!
If you use it for pens you will cut through any live ones.
Thin bowls will also cut through any live ones!
Just be prepared for an unexpected facial treatment!
Neil
Fellow
Just turn it Jim.
If you use it for pens you will cut through any live ones.
Thin bowls will also cut through any live ones!
Just be prepared for an unexpected facial treatment!
Marmite sandwich before turning, I'm told you cant taste them then!
Penpal
Grand Master
Talk first to pest exterminators.If you are sick you head for the doctors.
Peter.
Peter.