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38banana 01-14-2016 09:45 AM

termites
 
any one knows what to do to avoid termites to come into a boat?
i am starting the restoration on top banana what will take a long time,there is still a lot of unprotected plywood in the hull,i had termite problems before was wondering if there is any kind of protection to keep them out?

f_inscreenname 01-14-2016 11:21 AM

Don't know about those foreign termites but I've restored boats that have sat for decades and never saw any termite damage and I have got them from the east and west coasts, mid west ,south, from all over.
But race boats are always built a little different. You could always fume bomb it. Throw some plastic over it I and set off a few of those bombs inside.

dsparis 01-14-2016 11:26 AM

Borax, insects can't stand it.

ham_r_down01 01-14-2016 07:30 PM

I'd be more worried about the termites and that trailer. Lol

38banana 01-15-2016 05:01 AM

i had a few bad experiences with boats from florida,the sanger i imported before from florida was full of it,so bad that you could here them inside eaten,i told there was some electricity running inside,after putting off all power i realised it were the termites i heard. bzzzzzzzzzzzzz maybe from that i am left with a termite complex.

CIG3 01-15-2016 07:17 AM

Like DSPARIS said. Borax works well. It's the boric acid in it that the termites don't like.


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