A couple of years ago my son gave us for Christmas a beautiful
bookcase he'd made from very old oak barn planks. He gave it to us
unfinished so we could make it match existing furniture if we wished.
We put it in our hallway as-is until we would have time to finish it.
It soon became apparent from the wood dust piles that accumulated
around it that the wood was infested with worms or beatles. I took it
out to the garage and liberally "painted" it with mineral spirits.
After about a week of drying to get rid of the odor, it no longer
showed any signs of infestation. We later finished it out with wiping
poly (natural aged color - the wood is too beatiful to stain) and it
now sits in our entry hallway. It's a gorgeous piece of work.

cliff



On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 14:07:45 -0500, "brucebrooks"
wrote:

I recently acquired a piece of very old oak, and am making some small boxes
from it. The boxes are partially glued up. Until I read something today, I
had assumed that the worms that caused the holes were long gone, but the
article led me to believe maybe not. I want to make sure the little buggers
are either dead or gone (or both).

Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Bruce Brooks