USE OF BORATE COMPOUNDS TO PREVENT INSECT DAMAGE TO FURNITURE HICKORYROUNDS WITH THE BARK INTACT

Rustic furniture made from small hickory rounds with bark intact is of ten subject to insect infestation during storage of the raw material a nd in the finished product. Two different berate solutions were field tested in this study to determine their efficacy. Both solutions were effective in penetrating the green hickory bark and outer sapwood. Aft er prolonged exposure and subsequent storage, all of the controls were damaged by insects. Only 1 of 28 treated specimens was infected.