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Old 30th Aug 2017, 2:10 pm   #34
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Default Re: Woodworm damaged cabinets

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Originally Posted by brenellic2000 View Post
The reason paraffin 'works' is because the chance of reinfestation there is as remote as winning the lottery! However, pure Turpentine works because, like creosote, it contains natural and powerful insecticides. Turps/White-spirit is NOT Turpentine! Turpentine is very expensive.
Is that the natural "gum turpentine" of the sort used by artists to thin paint that has insecticide properties?

In Australia creosote's been banned, but we can still get naphthalene mothballs, which can be put in a plastic bag with the dodgy wood and left somewhere warm for an extended period, or possibly added to kerosene in small amounts to give it a creosote quality.
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