Method for protecting wood from infestation with sapstain fungi and mold

• Main Author: SEDUN; FREDERICK S
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 03.09.1991
• Subjects: CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL TREATMENT OF CORK, CANE, REED, STRAW ORSIMILAR MATERIALS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; NAILING OR STAPLING MACHINES IN GENERAL; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; 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; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TRANSPORTING; WORKING OR PRESERVING WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIAL

An effective, environmentally compatible anti-fungal composition for protecting lumber from infestation by wood-staining and wood-rotting fungi comprises, as an active ingredient, an alkyl sulfosuccinate compound. A preferred alkyl sulfosuccinate is dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate. The anti-fungal composition may further comprise water and an adjuvant such as sodium benzoate or a lower alcohol or diol (e.g., ethanol, isopropanol, ethylene glycol or propylene glycol). The composition may also comprise an oil component such as a paraffinic mineral oil, a triglyceride or a terpenoid based oil. The concentration of active ingredient present in the composition ranges between 0.5 and 10.0% by weight.