Copper Care Wood Preservatives, Inc

Chemistry that works

Copper and Boron are economical, effective, low-toxicity biocides. Both elements are essential to human health as trace minerals. Copper Care's wood preservatives are formulated to penetrate wood and cellulose substrates to protect against bio-degradation. Properly applied; they offer an optimum of protection with a minimum of risk to human health and the environment.

Cu-Bor

Designed to Protect

Copper Care Wood Preservatives, Inc. is a market leader in providing specialized wood preservative systems. Our preservatives are designed to protect wood from decay in a wide variety of structures and applications.

In-situ protect installed wood and in-service wood
Remedial control wood destroying organisms already present in wood
Prophylactic fortify & enhance existing wood protection
Osmotic Diffusion deep and substantial protection of substrates without pressure treatment
Barrier mechanical barriers to mitigate preservative depletion & inhibit decay organisms

Wood Preservatives

Barrier Wrap Protection

Barrier wraps keep the preservative matrix in the wood and extend preservative service life. They are effective at keeping preservative out of the surrounding soils. Barrier Wraps are a macro-mechanical disruptor of Basidiomycota fungal life. Additionally, the copper in Cu-Lam Barriers repels termites and works as a fire barrier above ground.

Cu-Lam

Tenino (2% copper as metal) in pint bottle with tip spot top, field treating a hole drilled into a southern yellow pine utility pole.

Tenino is available in various packaging options for clean and easy field use.

Ready-to-use Tenino copper naphthenate 2% as metal is available in quart packaging with resealable lids

2015 International Building Code (IBC) - 2303.1.9 "Lumber, timber, plywood, piles, and poles... shall conform to the requirements of the applicable AWPA Standard U1 and M4..."
2015 AWPA M4 Standard - Section 6.2 states, "Lumber, timber and decking used in structural applications shall be field treated in accordance with Section 6.1 when cut or drilled during construction."
2015 AWPA M4 Standard - Section 7.1.1 recommends "Copper Naphthenate preservatives containing a minimum of 2.0% copper metal"
Using Tenino Copper Naphthenate (2% as metal) to treat all cuts satisfies the requirements of AWPA M4 Standard!

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Cu-Nap 8% copper naphthenate concentrate is effective and economical for large scale, industrial wood preservation and remedial treatment

Copper Care Wood Preservatives' Cu-Nap Concentrate (8% Cu as metal) is a liquid Copper Naphthenate wood preservative that can be diluted with diesel or mineral spirits. It is widely used as a dip treatment for fence posts using a 24-hour soak. Cu-Nap Concentrate is labeled for the treatment of posts, poles, lumber, siding, boxes, roof shakes and shingles, fence pickets, landscape timbers, cellulose textiles and cordage. Apply by brush, dip or pressure treatment. Cu-Nap Concentrate is a cost effective solution for large volume, commercial users. For dilution and other detailed information, refer to the product label, the product flyer, or call us.

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Super-Fume is a granular, Dazomat wood pole fumigant to protect the heart wood of western species utility poles such as Douglas Fir and Western Red Cedar

Super-Fume is Dazomet: (Tetrahydro-3,5-dimethyl-2H-1,3,5-thiadiazine-2-thione) an easy-to-use granular fumigant. Super-fume used to protect the refractory heartwoods of thin-sapwood species like Douglas Fir and Western Red Cedar from decay. Extensive independent testing has proven Super-fume delivers effective protection to the difficult to treat interior of wood utility poles. Packaged in seven-pound, one-gallon jugs or by the dose in easy-to-accelerate paper-tube packaging Super-Fume is the first choice in safe and effective fumigant protection.

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Cu-Lam Barrier Wraps and Fire Barriers are made from 18% recycled materials

Barrier wraps are impermeable membranes that are placed over the butt end of wood poles just prior to installation. Barrier wraps offer additional protection to treated wood from decay, insect attack, and preservative strength loss over time. They also protect the surrounding soil from preservative migration.

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Removable Rino Plugs exclusively from Copper Care Wood Preservatives

Rino-plugs are better by design. Made of fire-resistant, chemical resistant, polypropylene and loaded with UV inhibitors Rino-plugs are designed to last for decades. Reusable:The cross-slot is designed to accept a No. 6 slotted screwdriver or a cross-slotted removal tool. The tool always fits the plug - by design - it outperforms Torx. The Rino-plug stays in the pole until its removed; the threaded design keeps it snug and then allows the Rino-plug to be unscrewed.

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Cu-Bor remedial wood preservative paste being applied to the groundline of an in-service wood utility pole after inspection

Cu-Bor Wood Preservative has been applied to millions of utility poles over the past twenty years. Cu-Bor's osmotic chemistry is unique. The Copper Hydroxide is often distributed throughout the entire first one-half inch of sapwood at effective protection levels. The Sodium Borate diffuses deep into the the difficult to treat refractory heartwood. Other groundline preservative pastes do not have the proven track record of performance or the unique chemistry of Cu-Bor. Cu-Bor is the most extensively tested groundline preservative on the market today. You can trust Cu-Bor to protect poles and other embedded wood foundations.

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Utility Services

Osmose Utilities Services, Inc. is the exclusive distributor of Copper Care Products to the Utilities industry in North America

Copper Care wood protection products are especially tailored to protect wood utility poles.

Osmose Utilities Services, Inc. is the exclusive distributor of Copper Care products to the utility services industry in the United States and Canada.

AWPA Standard M4-15

Tenino Copper Naphthenate

Building Code Compliance

Chemistry that works

Designed to Protect

Barrier Wrap Protection

Utility Services