Isothiazolone/amine oxide wood preservatives

• Main Authors: LEIGH E. WALKER, CHUEN TSENG
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 12.12.2000
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES, AS HERBICIDES; CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL TREATMENT OF CORK, CANE, REED, STRAW ORSIMILAR MATERIALS; FISHING; FORESTRY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; NAILING OR STAPLING MACHINES IN GENERAL; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTSTHEREOF; PROCESSES, APPARATUS OR SELECTION OF SUBSTANCES FORIMPREGNATING, STAINING, DYEING, BLEACHING OF WOOD OR SIMILARMATERIALS, OR TREATING OF WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIALS WITHPERMEANT LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TRANSPORTING; TRAPPING; WORKING OR PRESERVING WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIAL

The present invention provides a wood preservative composition comprising an amine oxide and an isothiazolone. Another embodiment of the present invention is a method for preserving and/or waterproofing wood substrate by contacting the composition with the wood substrate.