To provide an antiseptic and insect-proofing agent harmless to human body without causing environmental pollution for wood and the woody material.
The antiseptic and insect-proofing agent is used for antiseptic and insect-proofing of the wood and the woody materials, and contains an effective amount of ingredient of a wood decomposed product prepared by decomposition of wood with a wood decomposing agent. A hydroxycarboxylic acid, a dicarboxylic acid, or an amino alcohol may be enumerated as the wood decomposing agent. The antiseptic and insect-proofing agent forms film on the wood by spreading it on the wood or infusing it in the wood to protect wood from erosion caused by fungi. Particularly, the agent exhibits excellent antiseptic effect against wood-rotting fungi, particularly against Tyromyces palustris and Trametes versicolor together with insect-proofing effect. Addition of a copper compound, a silver compound or a boron compound provides more effective insect-proofing effect.
KUBOTA SHIZUO
IMAMURA SUKETSUGU
HATA TOSHIMITSU
NAKAI YU
