Do I need to treat my milled timber

[Hats]

I have just had a friend mill me up a nice bit of elm to make a shelf. Do I need to treat this with anything? I am planning to Danish oil it but I'm worried about woodworm etc! It had what I thought was woodworm on the bark when I milled it but since then I have removed all bark burnt it and planned and sanded the wood so no signs of any little woodworm holes in the timber. Is it still worth putting a clear preserver on it before it gets Danish oiled? Or just put it in the house? Cheers

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

dont bring it in the house if just milled, will dry and move to fast.

 

oil it up wax the ends (first) and should be fine, borers tend to leave sharpish in my experience once the oils penetrate

[Hats]

Awesome what wax please. It's been milled and stacked for over a year and it's 1" thick.

Is that ok to bring in?

[se7enthdevil]

well that's different than "just" isn't it. 1 year should be fine for drying 1" but i would be inclined to leave it in the house to acclimatise it as much as you can to it's final surroundings.

 

 

once it's been there for 2-3 months then give it a good sand and a couple of coats of danish oil a week apart and it'll look great...