I’ve got a 1930s wood fire surround containing a dozen or so nails which fix multiple sections together. I have just stripped back in preparation for a new finish. I’ve discovered another piece of furniture in the same room had woodworm, so I’d like to treat the fire surround with sika sikagard woodworm treatment as a preventative measure. The treatment I bought from screwfix says it is water based. Am I likely to get rust spots showing through if I apply this to the fire surround before coating with oil and laquer? What have others used? Thanks!
Can woodworm treatment rust nails in furniture?
you dont need to overthink this 'treatment will make the wood damp for say a day or so so rust in this amount off time will be zero as rust [decay] takes many many months off abuse and damp
if your nails rust its not a treatment causing the problem its the damp problem you have to solve
if your nails rust its not a treatment causing the problem its the damp problem you have to solve
Thanks. Ordinarily I would have just applied the treatment without a second thought but having watched some videos on applying laquer to wood, some people mention avoid using wire wool when you’re intending on using a water based laquer as it can cause rust spots, and that got me thinking about nails and the affect from water based woodworm treatment.