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Technology Report 4/99 From sawmill to customer: wax treatments for timber protection
Publication Year
1999
Document Status
Current
Abstract
Investigates whether the treatment of timber with wax emulsions has potential for use by UK sawmillers. A combination of experiment and practical trials was undertaken to explore the claimed advantages of wax emulsion treatments and to assess the impact of some of the side effects.
Document History
Alternative series title Research Report 4/99. This document is no longer available from the original publisher, therefore the status is unconfirmed.
Author
Kaczmar, P. and Valrey, B.
ISBN
9781900510196
Publisher Information
BM TRADA
BM TRADA originates during the 1930s when a forerunner of what later became the Timber Research and Development Association (TRADA) was set up to promote the use of wood in construction. Their publishing programme delivers an extensive range of timber information - Eurocode 5 guidance, span tables, Wood Information Sheets and technical manuals on timber structures, characteristics, performance aspects such as fire and durability, and common applications.
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