General Maintenance: Borate Treated Wood

Borate Treated Wood

Logs and outdoor wood members treated with sodium borate should first be coated with SeasonRite� after construction of the building is complete in order to minimize any leaching of the borate salts off the wood surface.

Sodium borate is a water-soluble mineral that migrates to any area in the wood that is wet. If the surface of the wood is wet due to outdoor moisture, portions of the sodium borate will follow that moisture and wash off the wood surface. Both SeasonRite� and WeatherSeal� are designed to help halt such borate leach. They accomplish this by creating a moisture and weather barrier on the wood surface with a specialized cleaner.

As an added bonus, the SeasonRite� and WeatherSeal� formulas each contain sodium borate. Consequently, these products will help replenish some of the borate salts that may wash off the surface of the borate treated wood.