Product Description
TIM-BOR® Professional Insecticidal Dust is a water-soluble borate powder that acts as a wood preservative, fungicide and insecticide to control and prevent wood decay fungi, drywood termites and carpenter ants. Can be dusted into drywood termite galleries to kill termites in as little as seven days. Can also be applied as a 15% liquid solution to new construction or any bare wood to preserve the wood.
Introduction
Tim-bor Professional is used for the control of carpenter ants, drywood termites, wood decay fungi and wood boring beetles. It is a water-soluble borate powder that can be applied as a dust, spray, foam or mist onto wood and cellulosic materials or inside wall voids, cracks and crevices. Depending on the moisture content of the materials, the liquid solution will penetrate to create a protective envelope, acting as a preservative, insecticide and fungicide. The dust provides an additional layer of protection by killing carpenter ants, drywood alates and adult wood boring beetles that enter the structure and pass through it.
At a Glance
- Water-soluble borate powder for use as a dust, liquid or foam
- Active ingredient is a borate: Disodium Octaborate Tetrahydrate
- Prevents and controls drywood termites, wood decay fungi, carpenter ants, old house borers and powderpost beetles
- Won’t discolor or stain wood surfaces
- Won’t corrode screws, nails and other components used in construction
- Use to treat wood in conjunction with other termite treatments, such as a termite bait application or a soil treatment (not labeled as a primary new construction termite treatment)
- Use as a replacement for fumigation or as an add-on to fumigation to provide residual protection
- Works best when wood has higher moisture content.
- Highly effective & economical
- Virtually odorless
- For interior and exterior use
- Manufactured with a concern for the environment
A Closer Look
Tim-bor Professional is an efficient, fast and economical way to treat a structure for target pests. It can be used as a wood preservative, fungicide and insecticide on its own or in conjunction with other treatments as a supplement. Because of its application flexibility as a dust or liquid, PMPs can address many treatment niches with this single product – Tim-bor Professional can be applied as a dust, spray, foam or mist onto wood and cellulose materials or inside wall voids, cracks and crevices.
The active ingredient in Tim-bor Professional is Disodium Octaborate Tetrahydrate (DOT), a natural mineral salt with a low mammalian toxicity and no known resistance.
Tim-bor Professional has strong brand awareness and a long history of effectiveness in the market place. Because it is well known in the industry, it is often requested by name, delivering a strong confidence factor for PMPs.
Tim-bor Professional is available in 1.5-lb. bags, 25-lb. pails, 250-lb. drums and 1500-lb. Super Sacks.
How it Works
Tim-bor Professional’s active ingredient is Disodium Octaborate Tetrahydrate (DOT), a natural borate mineral salt and micronutrient. It is manufactured for use in the form of a water-soluble borate powder. Once it’s applied in a liquid form by foaming, misting or spraying onto wood or other cellulosic materials, the borate active ingredient creates a protective envelope and remains for years of protection. Often Tim-bor Professional is dusted into places like wall voids where pests like to hide as an additional protection. When the dust gets on the insects, they clean themselves and consume the boron during the cleaning process.
Common Remedial and Preventative Treatments with Tim-bor Professional
- When applying Tim-bor Professional to exterior wood, you can use a standard gallon sprayer. For instance, you can use a simple garden sprayer when applying Tim-bor to bare logs, wood and bare wood siding. If the wood is sealed or painted, the sealer or paint must be removed before application, then apply Tim-bor using a gallon sprayer. If the sealer or paint cannot be removed, you can drill and inject this wood preservative as a liquid or foam into the wood then plug the hole and finish the wood. After this application, let the wood sit for at least 48 hours before applying paint, stain or sealant.
- Tim-bor can be applied to attics to help kill and prevent drywood termites. Use Tim-bor as a liquid solution and spray top plates, plywood, rafters, drywall backing and OSB panels. For areas that already have insect, termite and/or decay fungi infestation, drill and inject foam or liquid Tim-bor.
- Before applying Tim-bor to wood decks, ensure that you remove any sealant, debris and dirt from the decks. To check for sealant, put a drop of water on the board and if it beads up, there is sealant. If it soaks, in you are OK to apply Tim-bor.
- You can also dust attics with Tim-bor to help kill insects before they infest the wood.
