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Old 01-14-2016 | 09:45 AM
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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?
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Old 01-14-2016 | 11:21 AM
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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.
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Old 01-14-2016 | 11:26 AM
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Borax, insects can't stand it.
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Old 01-14-2016 | 07:30 PM
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I'd be more worried about the termites and that trailer. Lol
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Old 01-15-2016 | 05:01 AM
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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.
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Old 01-15-2016 | 07:17 AM
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Like DSPARIS said. Borax works well. It's the boric acid in it that the termites don't like.
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