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<div>I used this product on deck chairs and didn't need to redo them for over 5 years. I loved putting it on because it smells so strongly of beeswax. I think it is their secret ingredient. </div>
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<div>Suzanne</div>
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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/12/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Peter Watson</b> <<a href="mailto:pwatson@chebucto.ns.ca">pwatson@chebucto.ns.ca</a>> wrote:</span>
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</a><br>10kB size maximum please.<br><br><a href="http://www.sustainablemaritimes.ca">www.sustainablemaritimes.ca</a><br>---------------------------------------<br><br><br><br>I received several responses to the Non-Toxic Wood Treatment post that I
<br>sent out last week (concerning Lifetime Wood Treatment). I also had<br>several requests from people to share any info I received, so because of<br>this interest I've compiled all these responses - see below.<br><br>
Best, Peter<br><br>----------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br><br>Hi Peter,<br>We applied it to our deck this summer, but it is too early to evaluate.<br>Still, it seems just right.<br>
Leighton<br><br>Leighton "Larry" Steele, PhD, Chair<br>Modern Languages Department<br>Mount Saint Vincent University<br>Halifax, Nova Scotia<br><br>----------------------------------<br><br><br>Hi Peter,<br><br>
In response to your request for information from users of this product,<br>I will share our experience in using it on cedar and spruce exterior<br>boards. We were referred to it by Don Roscoe of Solar NS.<br><br>We created a large bath for the wood and quickly dipped each board in it
<br>and then stacked them again. We did this several days before installing<br>them on the house and chicken coop respectively. When we installed it<br>we also dipped the cut end in the product.<br><br>The near instant change in the cedar was quite pleasant-leaving a light
<br>green-grey hue to the wood. That was the fall of 2007, and this year<br>the cedar is going a natural silver grey. The spruce is doing something<br>similar.<br><br>I am not sure if the product does anything at all with regard to
<br>preserving the wood. It merely changes the colour to the green-grey.<br>My suspicion is that it neutral with regard to preservation.<br><br>If you have any other information you can share about the long-term<br>value or toxicity, etc. I would appreciate your sharing it.
<br><br>Thanks,<br><br>Eric Tusz-King<br><br>------------------------------------------<br><br><br>Have you seen this, Peter? Contains some info on your product and others.<br><a href="http://www.shelterecology.com/enviornWoods.html">
http://www.shelterecology.com/enviornWoods.html</a><br><br>van Berkel<br>journalist<br>(902) 422-3875<br><br><br>----------------------------------------------<br><br><br>Hi Mark,<br><br>BTW, I'm curious what EAC did with any outdoor wood or decks (if
<br>anything) during the renovations.<br><br>Peter<br><br><br>Hi<br>Nothing. We used tamarack and hemlock which endure longer than spruce.<br>Come and check it out in a few years.<br><br>It was FSC wood (forest stewardship certified) from NS woodlot owners.
<br><br>Mark<br><br><br>-------------------------------------------------<br><br>The original message:<br><br><br>Lifetime Wood Treatment: An Eco-Friendly, Non-Toxic Wood Treatment, with<br>no further maintainance required. And Canadian to boot.
<br><br><a href="http://valhalco.com/">http://valhalco.com/</a><br><br>I've heard of it being available in NS for a few years. The company<br>claims that contractors and some provincial government departments now<br>use regularly it, and I've just used it on my own deck.
<br><br>But my inner skeptic is curious. How much is truth, how much is<br>marketing hype?<br><br>If any other sust-martians have experience using this stuff, I'd be<br>interested in hearing about your impressions and long term results - as
<br>a preservative against weathering and rotting, as well as aesthetically<br>and of course ecologically. Reply privately if you wish, but if it is<br>everything they claim (a real alternative to pressure treatment and/or
<br>toxic stains), then perhaps everyone should know about it, so you could<br>post to the list as well.<br><br>Thanks, Peter<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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