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cherrybanana
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Woodworm - can I treat it?I've been given a wooden chest of drawers which my partner spent several hours sanding to take the varnish off. It's now ready for staining or painting but we've now spotted signs of woodworm.
Is there anything we can treat it with before painting which will stop this spreading?
Can anyone speak from experience in dealing successfully with woodworm infestation?
Thanks,
Sarah
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Simon
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Deffinately treat it first.
They do a product over here called xylophene (SP?)
It is used here for everything wooden as woodworm is rife. They do furnture polish with it in even. We sprayed all the timbers of this place when we moved in before we did anything else. Woodworm dust everywhere. No sign of them since.
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Ian33568
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We also restore old furniture and many pieces have some woodworm but is not always active - in fact rarely active and could be an old infestation - tap it and if dust comes out of the holes then it is likely to be ongoing. I would treat it anyhow with general woodworm treatment bought at most DIY shops - painted on and left for a few days - we also inject it into the holes.
Alternatively you can see if there is an autoclave service at a woodyard - this will zap anything that has taken up residence - cost here about 7 euros.
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