Treated redwood

I used to work at a plant where we pressure treated RR ties with creosote. Since it came from a power plant and he had it for some time and it’s dark thruout. I’m going to say it’s prob. pressure treated with creosote. Most of the older light poles and crossbars were. Creosote is now listed as a toxic substance. When it was still readily used we were warned to use skin protection(gloves, long sleaves) and avoid breathing the fumes. Especially if we had to saw it. You might want to look it up on line rather than take my word for it, but I’d not want to use it for anything but a fence post.

Really cute moniker – grow up!

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Treated redwood? Seriously? Redwood is 1000+ years old when it’s milled! You don’t have to treat redwood – the bugs don’t eat it!

M

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Too funny. That’s kind of what a friend often told me. He owned five cedar mills. In truth, most the redwood is just mature trees (the younger ones are called second growth).

I kept telling him cedar was no different that other wood in that it would dry, causing it to shrink, then split. Of course, it rotted too and, for those reasons, he needed to oil it.

The [non-hardening] oil stopped the wood from drying. Thus, splitting. Of course, the rot potential was greatly reduced too. As well, adding oil swelled the wood and caused many of the splits and cracks to close.

One more advantage to oil laden cedar is, it’s resilient. You can walk on it in the dry of summer without breaking it.

Treated redwood? Seriously? Redwood is 1000+ years old when it s milled! You don t have to treat redwood – the bugs don t eat it!

M

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