Journal article
Use of anti-stain chemical treatments by the western U.S. softwood lumber industry, 1999
Forest Products Journal, Vol.52(4), pp.69-71
2002
Abstract
We assessed the use of anti-stain chemical treatments within the softwood lumber industry in the western United States through a questionnaire mailed to producing members of the Western Wood Products Association in spring 2000. Responding mills (56% response rate) produced 5.6 billion board feet (BBF) of lumber in 1999, approximately 33 percent of the total production in the western region. Only 9 of the 69 responding mills reported use of anti-stain chemical treatments. The volume of lumber treated by these mills was roughly one-half of their total production, or 478 million board feet (MMBF). According to a 1994 study in the western region, responding mills produced 6.4 BBF, 21 of 106 responding mills used anti-stain treatments, and the anti-stain-treated volume was 913 MMBF. Thus, the use of anti-stain chemical treatments appears to be declining in the western United States.
Details
- Title
- Use of anti-stain chemical treatments by the western U.S. softwood lumber industry, 1999
- Authors
- Roy C Anderson (Author)Eric Hansen (Author)Jeffrey J Morrell (Author)
- Publication details
- Forest Products Journal, Vol.52(4), pp.69-71
- Publisher
- Forest Products Society
- Date published
- 2002
- ISSN
- 0015-7473
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; National Centre for Timber Durability and Design Life
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99450647102621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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