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Sunday, June 5, 2011

Why is it important to treat bamboo?

Preservation treatment methods of bamboo are of 2 types: the traditional or non-chemical methods and chemical methods.
Others alternatives methods are rarely used, Chalet & Bamboo has developed a 100% eco-friendly method with lime-water.

The choice of treatment method will depend on the state of bamboo, whether it is green or dry, whether whole cane or split, its future application, quantity to be treated and the time available.

Why is it important to treat bamboo?
The natural durability of bamboo is lower than for wood and in most cases it is not long enough for an economic lifetime.
The lifetime of an untreated bamboo can vary between 1 and 15 years depending on conditions, depending on variety, if it is in contact with water and soil, under cover, humidity etc.Due to the absence of any toxic substances, bamboo represents a ready source of food to various organisms. The presence of starch in the green or dry bamboo makes it attractive to such organisms, especially fungi and insects as borer beetles.

I do not mention here the human who also appreciates bamboo in Asian dishes but when the bamboo is in the form of shoots. As the panda that eats bamboo plant in forest but other varieties that the one we use for construction.

Bamboo is therefore subject to attack by fungi (rot, only when moist) and insects (beetles and termites). To avoid these, the bamboo must be treated. Unfortunately, it is quite difficult to treat bamboo because the external skin of the bamboo is very compact and the vessels through which any solution could be injected cover only about 10 percent of the cross-section of a culm.

How to treat bamboo?
Preservation treatment methods of bamboo are of 2 types: the traditional or non-chemical methods and chemical methods.
Others alternatives methods are rarely used, Chalet & Bamboo has developed on 100% eco-friendly method.
The choice of treatment method will depend on the state of bamboo, whether it is green or dry, whether whole cane or split, its future application, quantity to be treated and the time available.

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