[Greenbuilding] Timbersil (and alternatives to)

[Ron Cascio]

Having had the developer of TimberSil (Karen Slimak) at our house for lunch 
last year and getting into the process enough to get confused, I can say 
that simply dipping SYP in sodium silicate and air drying it doesn't even 
come close to what it takes to make the product Rob.

Ron


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "RT" <ArchiLogic at yahoo.ca>

> If the Timbersil (TM) product isn't locally produced then it would seem to
> make sense to use local lumber and simply soak it in a saturated solution
> of sodium silicate which is relatively easy to make out of readily
> available materials (ie water, silica, sodium hydroxide), and then sticker
> the treated wood until it has dried.
> -- 
> === * ===
> Rob Tom