Sunday, August 12, 2007

[papercreters] Re: boric acid one more thing

--- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, "mdumiller" <mdmiller1@...> wrote:
> This proof of concept is important for the code portion of this
> work, since PC can't be used in a many construction situations if
> there is no simple (cheap) way to totally fireproof it.

Very interesting. I am wondering if the same would hold true if you
were to form the block normally, then soak it afterward in a Bora-core
type mixture (boric acid, borac and anti-freeze, properly dissolved).
This is know to penetrate several inches into dry wood, even, so it
should work.

- Ernie


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