Safely Preserve Wood Structures with Timber Pro

Since it’s inevitable that all wood in contact with the ground contact will eventually rot, the challenge isn’t to try to make it last forever, just  as long as possible. Pressure treated pine is great for decks and fences, but not a good choice for building projects like raised garden beds and chicken coops, where there is direct contact with food or animals. Still, these urban farm structures often represent a significant investment, and every effort should be made to make them last as long as possible. Here at Microfarm, we build the vast majority of our projects using various sizes of Western Red Cedar lumber. It naturally resists rot and decay much better than other softwood varieties like Spruce, Pine, or Fir, but will still eventually succumb to the elements. So how do we safely extend the life of cedar garden beds, chicken coops, compost systems, and wooden greenhouse frames that we build?

Timber Pro’s Internal Wood Stabilizer.

It’s a non toxic wood sealer that penetrates untreated wood, and has a chemical reaction with the acids and alkali present in wood. This process turns the Internal Wood Stabilizer solution into a silica aero gel which over time hardens into a crystalline, glass-like substance in the subsurface wood pores. These crystals create a barrier within the wood that makes it non-absorbent to water. Timber Pro’s IWS prevents the wood from reaching the moisture levels required for fungus and rot to proliferate.

Timber Pro’s internal wood stabilizer has no ingredients listed as hazardous, and zero VOC’s (volatile organic compounds, or fumes).

Portland, Oregon based Timber Pro Coatings first launched a series of non-toxic wood sealer products in 1996,  primarily to meet the demand of a growing number of customers who were sensitive to toxic chemicals. They grew slowly in a time when skepticism of environmentally safe building products was the norm. After proving their worth in the field for several years, Timber Pro products quickly became the first choice for environmentally conscious builders of wood sided homes  and other structures built in extreme weather locations inherent to the great Pacific Northwest like ski resort areas, ocean front properties, and the high desert.

Today they have a range of non-toxic  stains for fences, decks, log siding, concrete & masonry sealer, and wood cleaner.

Want to prevent the wood in your garden projects from turning grey as it ages? No problem. Just apply Timber Pro’s transparent stain & sealer 30 days after treating wood with IWS.