Have you ever sealed wood? Do you know how to do this process and what it's for? Usually, the sealing process is done to preserve meats and vegetables, which involves applying an impermeable layer to the meats to improve their flavor. This is usually done with a layer of smoke, which is a type of process that adds flavor to food.
But when we do this with wood, it's a different story. This process is called fire treatment, and it's an impermeabilizing process that consists of applying a layer that prevents moisture from penetrating the wood. If you want to build or have a wooden board that lasts forever, with an impermeable layer, you can make the wood last for around 50 or more years without the problem of it rotting.
This process is usually applied to logs that are used in construction, specifically to the part of the log that will be buried in the ground, to prevent it from rotting. So, here I leave you this small but great detail so you can appreciate and admire it, and know how to do it. You can use gasoline or intense heat from an oven to achieve the impermeabilization of the wood.
Here, you can see that I had a structure that needed to be cut, and I proceeded to impermeabilize it for around 10 minutes, more or less, because if you leave it for too long, it will burn, and that's not what we want. We just want a small layer, according to slow fire, for around 5 to 10 minutes, and with that, you'll have a very strong impermeabilization.
How do you think people in ancient times built structures that lasted so long without having technology or chemical substances for impermeabilization like creosote? They did it through this basic method. So, there you have it, the detail, so you can appreciate it. Thanks for visiting, original content.
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