Anyone using Bluwood?

[Nick Taylor]

I know traditional pressure treated wood is not good to use for anything that might come into contact with metal such as using with the trailer frame but I can't find anything that says Bluwood can't be used with that.

All the documentation I've found says it can be used anywhere plain wood is used and doesn't require special fasteners. I'm planning on using it for the floor framing of a trailer.

Nick.

[mechmagcn]

I had never heard of it until now, but if it lives up to the specs listed on the website, it will be a great product. Wood that won't absorb moisture and resists rot and insects sounds almost too good to be true.

[Steve_Cox]

Bluwood is treated with Disodium octaborate tetrahydrate, Toxic to humans, including carcinogenicity, reproductive and developmental toxicity, neurotoxicity, and acute toxicity. Sounds like a winner

[mechmagcn]

Bluwood is treated with Disodium octaborate tetrahydrate, Toxic to humans, including carcinogenicity, reproductive and developmental toxicity, neurotoxicity, and acute toxicity. Sounds like a winner

Hmmmm....... doesn't sound like something you'd want to make sawdust with

[Nick Taylor]

I'm only planning to use it for the floor framing. They do frame entire houses out of it. This is from one of the product web sites:

Are there environmental, toxicological or regulatory concerns with the use or disposal of BluWood building components?

BluWood can be recycled and has the same disposal requirements as non-treated wood. There are virtually no Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC's) that can be released into the environment, and is non-hazardous, non-polluting and non-carcinogenic per the limits listed in the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act. BluWood contributes no additional gassing or odor to wood.

[Mstro]

That sure leave a situation in which your choose should be determined by the manufacturers perfect conditioned, or whether you really have a need to to use such a product in your project

[Nick Taylor]

Here's an interesting thread I found on Bluwood.

http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/load/build/msg1011575118265.html

I bought some today and cut into it. It's just a surface treatment so you have to treat any cut ends.

Nick.

[Nick Taylor]

I talked to a rep from the company and he said there is no problem using this wood for any part of a trailer including a travel trailer that you'll inhabit. The treatment against rot and insects is throughout the wood, the reason for treating cuts is that the exterior blue coating is a vapor barrier to control moisture uptake and release. Also, any exposed lumber needs to be coated with either paint or a stain.

Nick.