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BORON ULTRA 12 - Surface Treatment of Woodworm - wood treatment

A unique Boron based Borax powder concentrate, ready to dissolve in water, designed to treat timber by brush, spray or dipping. It avoids the hazard problems of many liquid insecticides by using only water as a carrier. It can also be used in most wood preservation situations to replace other less ‘friendly’ contact type insecticides, including Permethrin. The Boron powder is dissolved in water to treat Woodworm at 5% (BAE) for the following coverages, based on applying two coats by brush, or low pressure sprayer: Boron Ultra 12 only kills wood boring insects and has natural Fire Retardancy properties.


Supplied as a powder:

Small Powder Pack - 0.5kg of powder dissolves in 12.5 litres of water, to make a 5% solution, treats 25 square metres - for one small domestic room.

Medium Powder Pack - 1 kg of powder dissolves in 25 litres of water, to make a 5% solution, treats 50 square metres - for two domestic rooms, or a small roof.

Large Powder Pack - 2.5 kgs of powder dissolves in 62.5 litres of water, to make a 5% solution, treats 125 square metres - for a complete semi detached house.

For Amateur DIY and Professional Use when dissolved in water at up to 5% BAE.


Supplied as a liquid:

Small, Ready to Use - 5 litres already dissolved at 5% in water, treats 10 square metres - for a small room (e.g. bathroom, toilet, hall)

Large, Ready to Use - 25 litres already dissolved at 5% in water, treats 50 square metres - for two domestic rooms, or a small roof.

For Amateur DIY and Professional Use.


Typical consumption rates

Allow 4 square metres per litre, apply two coats by brush or coarse droplet, low pressure spray.

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Always follow the instructions on the product label, wear a dust mask when mixing and check with us before purchasing to ensure that you are buying the correct product.

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Natural Fire Retardant

Boron Ultra 12 has natural Fire Retardancy properties and this is an obvious benefit when you are treating wood in buildings. The Boron compounds are frequently used in many industries to provide Fire Retardant properties, for example in board products and building materials. .

Added Fire Retardancy - to further reduce the fire risk in your building you can now buy our Fire Retardant Additive to pour into your Boron Ultra 12. It has no odour or hazards and simply boosts the natural fire retardancy without affecting the woodworm treatment.


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Boron Ultra 12 powder 0.5kgsBoron Ultra 12 powder - 1kgBoron Ultra 12 powder - 2.5kgs

Small powder pack - 0.5kg. Medium powder pack - 1.0kg. Large powder pack - 2.5kgs.

Boron Powder is diluted at 5% - 12.5% depending on the use required - woodworm or rots.


Ready to Use Option - 5 litres, 10 litres or 25 litres of Boron Ultra 12 at 10% - already dissolved in water, for severe common furniture beetle attack and Dry Rot, both timber treatment and irrigation of masonry & sub-site soil

Powder is also available in 2.5kg packs - makes 62.5 litres for Woodworm Treatment or 25 litres for Dry Rot and Death Watch Beetle Treatments


Accessories:

Mask for spraying water based liquids.

Pump up sprayer - 5 litresKnapsack Sprayer - 12 to 20 litresKnapsack Sprayer - profreesional model

Pump Up Sprayer - 5 litres. Knapsack Sprayers - Standard 12 litre and Heavy Duty 12 litre.

 

Typical consumption rates - 2 timber floors, terraced house - 25 litres, or a roof, terraced house - 50 litres

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Benefits of Borax Boron based treatments

* Boron has a world-wide safety reputation - 5% products still require no hazard warnings

* Borates have ultra low toxicity - about the same as Table Salt

* Boron based preservative kills only wood boring insects - not spiders, birds or bats

* Boron has no odour - leaves no smell

* Borax does not evaporate - stays in the wood

* Boron Ultra 12 has a 1 hour re-entry time - the lowest for any insecticide

* Borons are non-flammable - they actually act as Flame Retardants

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WOOD PRESERVATIVE AND BIOCIDE SAFETY

Use Wood Preservatives and Biocides safely. Always read the label and product information Data Sheet before use.

Wear the correct safety equipment and keep unprotected people and animals out of the treated area for the statutory period given on the label, or until surfaces are dry, which ever is the longer.

All products have some hazards and the COSHH Regulations (Control of Substances Hazardous to Health) apply to ALL building repair and construction products that we sell, even Cement.

If in doubt consult us for free technical help. Take care not to contaminate soil, waterways or the environment with the product or the waste and packaging. These can be returned to us for disposal.

Avoid using any type of chemical in your home if any of the following are likely to come into contact with the spray or treated surfaces: animals, fish, birds, babies, young children, asthmatics, pregnant women or those vulnerable due to ill health.

On-going European reclassification of Pesticides has resulted in our Borax product having to carry a warning label (for the first time since 1890) on all products used at over 5.5% BAE concentration. This label is a warning that if you eat the product and then became pregnant you might give birth to a slightly underweight baby, or, if you are a male, suffer a slight reduction in the size of your testes. The tests, on rats, required them to eat the human equivalent of 18 level teaspoons full of Borate (DOT) per day for 2 years. We believe that you are unlikely to do this and the lack of any other negative evidence, despite the severe European Review process, suggests that this product is very safe indeed.

Woodworm treatment products do not need to even reach the 5% concentration level to be effective, so are not subject to any additional labelling, because of their unblemished safety record.

See our Technical section for more information.


'Boron' is a generic term (more correctly used for the Element Boron) applied to a range of Boron Compounds known as Borates and sold under the names D.O.T., Timbor, Tim Bor and Borax, all made by the company U. S. Borax, of '20 Mule Team Train' fame.


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