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Do any of you know if a Polyurethane (sp?) wood stain would be toxic to dart frogs AFTER it has been cured for a few weeks? If yes, any suggestions on what to use would be appreciated. Thanks for all responses in advance!
Arpi
p.s. I searched the archives but did not find anything specifically related to polyurethane.
I had my canopy stained with oak plolyurathan. The frogs never come in contact with it. Im not sure if it would be or not. but if the frogs would come in contact with it, i would say no.
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kungfu28181: My god. You are insane. -Mon Jun 30 21:41:05
Are you trying to seal the wood to protect it from water? I just finished sealing a nice piece of wood with diluted weldbond for use in a vivarium. The weldbond website recommended a 5 part water to 1 part weldbond ratio for sealing, but I thought that was too thin so I used about a 4 to 1 ratio. To make sure that the end grain of the wood was sealed properly I used a 2 to 1 ratio. I applied 4 coats of 4 to 1 to the whole log, then 1 coat of the 2 to 1 ratio to the end grain. The log appears slightly shiner now, but it still looks very natural.
It will be interesting to see how long it will keep a seal.
In a humid environment the wood will expand and crack the urethane. also I would have keep the delution ratio 10 to 1 (min.) applied to the wood as dry as possible to let the wood suck the sealer into the fibers as deep as possible (the end grain whill drink and drink, filling the pores). Then thicken it a little to finish it off. The IDEA condition is to put in a pressure pot to "pressure treat",i.e. drive the solution as deep into the wood as possible.(I use pressure tanks in my work)
I would possible be inclined to use an epoxy called "Get Rot" found at marine stores for boat repare. It is inert when cured and it has been used for yrs. by a Bonsai friend of mind to seal dead wood on his trees (some of this wood a 100 yrs ) The trees are going thru heat, cold, rain, ice etc.
nuff said
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