WHAT IS CLAIMED IS:

1.	A composition comprising: (a) an amine oxide, and (b) an aqueous copper amine complex.

2.	The composition of claim 1, wherein the amine oxide is trialkylamine oxide ; Nalkylated cyclic amine oxides; a dialkylpiperazine diNoxide; a dialkylbenzylamine oxide; a fatty acylaminopropyldimethylamine oxide; a diamine dioxide; a triamine trioxide; and any combination of any of the foregoing.

3.

The composition of claim 2, wherein the trialkylamine oxide has the formula R'RCH3N0, wherein R'is a linear, branched, cyclic, or any combination thereof C6 to C40 saturated or unsaturated group; and R2 and R3 are independently linear, branched, cyclic, or any combination thereof C, to C40 saturated or unsaturated groups.

4.	The composition of claim 3, wherein R'is a linear, branched, cyclic, or any combination thereof C8 to C22 saturated or unsaturated group; and R2 and R3 are independently linear, branched, cyclic, or any combination thereof C, to C22 saturated or unsaturated groups.

5.	The composition of claim 3, wherein the trialkylamine oxide is an alkyldimethylmine oxide having the formula R' (CH3) 2NO, wherein R'is a linear, branched, cyclic, or any combination thereof C6 to C40 saturated or unsaturated group.

6.	The composition of claim 5, wherein R'is a a linear, branched, cyclic, or any combination thereof Cg to C22 saturated or unsaturated group.

7.	The composition of claim 6, wherein R'is a C, to C, 4 saturated or unsaturated linear, branched, cyclic, or any combination thereof alkyl group.

8.	The composition of claim 6, wherein R'is a C, 6 to C, g saturated or unsaturated linear, branched, cyclic, or any combination thereof alkyl group.

9.	The composition of claim 6, wherein R'is a C, o saturated or unsaturated linear, branched, cyclic, or combination thereof alkyl group.

10.	The composition of claim 1, wherein the copper amine complex comprises a water soluble amine.

11.	The composition of claim 10, wherein the amine is selected from the group consisting of ammonia, ethanol amine, diethanolamine, triethanolamine, diethylamine, and ethylene amine.

12.

The composition of claim 1, wherein the copper amine complex is an ammonium/copper complex, an ethanolamine/copper complex, a diethanolamine/copper complex, a triethanolamine/copper complex, a diethylamine/copper complex, an ethylene diamine/copper complex, or any combination of any of the foregoing.

13.	The composition of claim 1, wherein the composition comprises a preservative enhancing or waterproofing effective amount of amine oxide or a combination thereof.

14.	The composition of claim 1, wherein the copper amine complex comprises from about 0.05 to about 5.0% by weight of copper (expressed as copper oxide), based upon 100% weight of total composition.

15.	The composition of claim 1, wherein the composition comprises a biocidally effective amount of copper amine complex.

16.	The composition of claim 1, wherein the copper amine complex comprises from about 0.5 to about 1.0% by weight of copper oxide, based upon 100% weight of total composition.

17.	The composition of claim 1, wherein the weight ratio of copper oxide to amine oxide ranges from about 1: 0.1 to about 1: 5.

18.	The composition of claim 17, wherein the weight ratio ranges from about 1: 0.5 to about 1: 2.

19.	The composition of claim 1 further comprising a fatty amine.