Yes it is completely safe to use Boracare in the home on exposed studs as long as only the applicator is in the area while the product is being applied, and until the surface of the studs has dried. This could be as little as a couple of hours or as much as a day depending on how heavily you applied the product.
You should use a wood treatment product to treat powder post beetles. Bora-Care is the best wood treatment product available. Bora-Care will penetrate through the wood and kill the larvae eating the wood no matter where they are in the wood. However, it can only be applied to raw wood. It cannot be applied to wood that is painted, stained, or sealed. If your wood is painted, stained, or sealed, then you will need to drill holes and inject Bora-Care or sand the finish off of the wood, treat with Bora-Care, and then refinish the wood. Please check out our Powder Post Beetle Treatmen page. Here you will find a treatment guide along with the proper products to use.
When using Bora-Care on painted wood, you should drill a hole every 6 inches up/down the stud/posts to ensure good coverage.
Wood just needs to be dry before applying Bora-Care. It can take up to 48 hours for it to dry after application. It should dry clear when mixed as directed and would not affect stain once dry.
If Boracare was used correctly by the pest control company, it would only be on the raw wood surfaces within your attic. If any did somehow get on a floor or wall a rag with hot soapy water or a scrub brush dipped in hot soapy water should remove it.
You can certainly treat any raw lumber with Boracare before it is stored. If it is stored indoors, then you could apply stain, seal, etc. any time after the Boracare application is dry. If the wood is outdoors or otherwise exposed to rainfall, however, then you would need to apply a water sealant within 3 weeks of the Boracare application so that rainfall does not deplete the Boracare residual.
Yes, Bora-Care can be used on fly wood as long as it's raw wood, meaning no stain or any type of finish. If it's being applied to a bed set, you would need to wait until it has completely dried to be able to use the bed/bed set again, this can typically take approximately 48 hours, this would include if a fly wood wall after being treated.
There are 36 cases (144 bottles) of the Bora-care per shipping pallet. Yes, we do offer special discounts for larger orders. Please feel free to contact us at 866-581-7378 Ext. 378 for a free quote on your order today!
Anytime you’re applying chemicals, including Bora-Care, appropriate personal protection equipment is always recommended. You can view our Basic Safety Kit to view the products recommended when applying chemicals.
Yes, once the Bora-Care application is dry you, can use a stain or water repellent on the area.
Since Bora-Care is designed to soak through to the center of the wood to protect the wood for it’s lifetime from wood boring pests, it is important to apply the product to all surfaces on the wood. We would recommend treating the logs prior to scribing to ensure you’re able to treat the entire surface of each log.
For tracking purposes (to make it easier to see where Bora-Care solution has been applied) an appropriate marker dye or pigment may be added. We suggest using Turf Mark Blue as this is an approved pigment dye used for Bora-Care.
Bora-Care is meant to be applied on all surfaces of raw, unfinished wood so it penetrates all the way to the center of the wood, and will last the lifetime of the wood.
Bora-Care would be the best product to use, applied twice to the three surfaces you can get to. It will penetrate up to 4 inches with 1 application, and up to 8 with 2. If you choose to drill you should drill whatever size hole you need based on what you have available to inject the Bora-care with. Typically if you have an injection piece of equipment, 1/4 inch or 1/8 inch holes are used. Please see this technical bulletin from the manufacturers of Bora-Care that explains about drilling and injecting into wood. See page 5 and it will give specifics about the drill pattern, etc.
Boracare really is designed to only be applied to raw wood that has no finish or treatment on it of any kind. The teak oil may prevent the Borcare from fully penetrating into the wood. If you can sand some of it off (depending on how deep the oil penetrated into the door), you may be able to apply the Boracare with sucess. However, we cannot guarantee that it will soak in the way its intended to since the oil has been applied.
Yes, you can treat the same wood with Boracare. The previous treatment with Timbor will have no affect on the absorption. Both products are borate-based and become one with the wood after application.
Typically Boracare dries in 24-48 hours and does not need to be rinsed before sealing. If there is any white residue left, you can remove excess Boracare using soap and water, but we would try to avoid doing this unless there is clearly too much product applied. You only need to apply to wood until wet, but not dripping.
Bora-Care starts working as soon as it has soaked into the wood. When wood boring insects such as termites consume the wood treated with Bora Care, they will ingest a lethal dose which will kill them. Bora Care will also remain active in the wood for the lifetime of the wood, so it will continue to protect the wood for it’s lifetime.
You should apply Boracare to raw wood. You can then apply any stain, sealant, or paint after the Boracare application has dried, usually 24-48 hours.
It is safe to put insulation back once surfaces treated that have been treated with Bora-Care are completely dry. You can either use the same insulation or replace with new.
