Tim-bor Professional Wood Preservative

Tim-bor Professional  is a water-soluble borate powder concentrate that acts as a wood preservative, fungicide and insecticide to prevent and control wood decay fungi, drywood and subterranean termites, carpenter ants, old house borers, and powderpost beetles. Tim-bor can be applied as a liquid solution to new construction or any clean, bare logs and other wood to protect and preserve the wood. Tim-bor can also be dusted into drywood termite galleries to kill termites in as little as seven days. Tim-bor can be used as a dust, liquid or foam for both exterior and interior logs and other wood. Applied in liquid form to clean, bare logs and other wood, the borate active ingredient creates a protective envelope that provides years of protection when sealed under your log home finish.  

Tim-bor Professional prevents and controls:

• Wood decay fungi
• Drywood and subterranean termites
• Carpenter ants
• Old house borers
• Powderpost beetles

Tim-bor Professional features include:

• Water-soluble borate powder for use as a dust, liquid or foam
• Active ingredient is a borate:  Disodium Octaborate Tetrahydrate (DOT), a natural mineral salt with a low mammalian toxicity and no know resistance
• Won’t discolor or stain wood surfaces
• Won’t corrode screws, nails and other components in construction
• Use to treat wood in conjunction with other termite treatments, such as termite bait application or a soil treatment (not labeled as a primary new construction termite treatment)
• Use as a replacement for fumigation or as an add-on to fumigation to provide residual protection
• Works best when wood has higher moisture content
• Highly effective and economical
• Virtually odorless
• For interior and exterior use
• Manufactured with a concern for the environment

Application Guide

• Mixing Tim-bor solution:  Mix at the rate of 1 lb of Tim-bor (1 loosely packed quart) for each gallon of water (for a 10% Tim-bor Professional liquid solution).
• Coverage (10% solution): 25 lb pail of Tim-bor will yield 27 gal of 10% solution that will cover 4,050 sq ft of log surface. 
• Application temperature:  40° F to 90° 
• Where to use Tim-bor: On aboveground wood surfaces
• Surface preparation: Wood surface must be clean and bare, free of dirt, wax, mill glaze and surface finishes.
• Application methods: Spraying (with garden sprayer), brushing, dipping, kerf-flooding or hole flooding. Thoroughly soak cut ends, checks and cracks.
• Application:  Apply 1^st coat of 10% Tim-bor solution at the rate of 1 mixed gallon to 150 sq ft. Apply 2^nd coat 4 to 24 hours later. Thoroughly soak cut ends, checks and cracks.
• Frequency: Tim-bor protection will last many years as long as the treated wood continues to be properly sealed by a water-repellent finish. When the exterior finish fails to protect the treated wood, the old finishes will need to be stripped down to clean bare wood before applying new Tim-bor protection and a new finish.
• Coverage rate: 1 mixed gallon of Tim-bor 10% solution covers 150 sq ft of wood surface

Resources:

• Tim-bor Label
• Tim-bor Safety Data Sheet