Wood preservation / Mohd Faizal Zulkapli

Wood preservation has been developed to protect wood and prolong its useful life. Wood preservation is use in preservation process to give protection from fire, chemical degradation, mechanical wear and weathering as well as biological attack. Three main types of wood preservation are water borne preservatives, oil borne preservatives and creosote and creosote solutions preservatives. Consequently, wood preservation can pose an environmental hazard both during use, and when the wood is improperly disposed of.