I noticed something in the Thompson catalogue about all of the wood on their boats being treated with something to prevent rot. Any idea what exactly they used and what kind of useful life it may have?
Thanks!
Wood Treatment?
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This was done in the 1960s boats. It probably was pentachlorophenol (PCP). This is the stuff used to pressure preservatively treat power poles and wooden noise walls for along freeways. It was pumped into the boat (with drain plug closed) and left in for a while and then pumped out into the next boat.
I work with wood and penta treatment all the time for my "real" job. My current project has something like 2.5 million board feet of wooden materials treated with this preservative. Unless it's under pressure such as in a treating cylinder, it would not do much good. Therefore in my opinion it was of very little value.
Cruisers, Inc. did this and I believe Carver Boat did it as well.
Dick Johnson described it at one of the past Thompson Boat Rally events. That was his job one summer - to pump it in and pump it out of the boats.
Andreas
I work with wood and penta treatment all the time for my "real" job. My current project has something like 2.5 million board feet of wooden materials treated with this preservative. Unless it's under pressure such as in a treating cylinder, it would not do much good. Therefore in my opinion it was of very little value.
Cruisers, Inc. did this and I believe Carver Boat did it as well.
Dick Johnson described it at one of the past Thompson Boat Rally events. That was his job one summer - to pump it in and pump it out of the boats.
Andreas