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INTERNATIONAL WOOD PRODUCTS JOURNAL
Volume 10, Issue 1, Pages 31-36Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/20426445.2019.1601825
Keywords
Douglas-fir; polyurea; decay; brown rot; Antrodia sinuosa; Formosan termites; Coptotermes formosanus
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The potential for polyurea coatings to improve wood crossarm performance was assessed on untreated and treated Douglas-fir exposed to termite/fungal attack in Hawaii. Treated materials performed similarly regardless of coating, although coating reduced UV damage. Untreated non-coated timbers were decayed within 2-years of exposure and were unserviceable after 7 years. Upper surfaces of coated, untreated samples experienced pronounced coating loss and contained advanced decay on the undersides of the timbers, but no decay occurred on coated, treated samples. Decay fungi were isolated from treated and non-treated coated arms, but isolation frequency was greater for non-treated materials. Coating thickness declined on both treated and non-treated materials, but the effects were greater on non-treated samples. Termites did not attack treated samples with or without coating, but destroyed untreated, non-coated samples and penetrated the polyurea coating to destroy untreated and borate dipped Douglas-fir. Polyurea coatings provided limited protection for non-treated wood.
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