In this video I show my method of containment if you have a radio with suspected woodworm , and non destructive method if it turns out you don't actually have any woodworm at all .
. Several years ago I had a radio that had minor woodworm. I took every thing out leaving just the cabinet .I let it dry for several days and put it all back together . . I wrapped it up in a plastic bag and put it away for a few years . On opening the bag the woodworm treatment had obviously not completely dried. It had turned all the lettering on the dial glass a slime coloured green and discoloured some components.Just be careful . I found out the hard way . I have stocked up on treatment . Solvent based like your using is not easy to get as it’s being replaced by water based and not so good . My father always used to say to me woodworm prefer plywood as they like the glue. Don’t know if there is any truth in that . Great video as always
Not sure about plywood but you could well be right, a friend once told me woodworm wont eat chipboard due to the glue content but the other week I picked up a TV with chipboard cabinet and woodworm holes .
Hi Michael, i'm allmoust sure that if you insulate the wood in a plastic bag and increase the temperature you will kill them all inside, they do that with termites. Insects cant sweat so they cant regulate the internal temperature, they will die. Maybe this can be done in this case also. Greetings from Portugal 🇵🇹
Yet another extremely interesting and educational video - thank you for sharing it with us. My home is completely free from woodworm however I have known woodworm to infest floor joists in houses resulting in the weakening and collapse of entire floors in buildings. Getting rid of them is a terrible problem - "woodworm smokes" are available to treat entire buildings however on polished wood surfaces - like a radio cabinet - Rentokil FC20 Classic Wax Polish is very effective at preventing woodworm and what's more it polishes the wood at the same time!
Interesting I will look into the rentokill polish, we lived in an old victorian house when I was little and I remember my dad saying he put things under the floorboards that smoked for killing woodworm .
@@michaeldranfield7140 Actually the Rentokil polish is, by my reckoning, the best polish for old furniture not even taking into consideration the woodworm protection element - try it on some old polished wood and see hows it brings out the shine!
Very interesting .we used to put cabinets with wood worm in a bag than then in a freezer for 3 weeks. not sure if this had any effect but the old guy i worked for at the time ,swar by it
Why couldn’t you put the cabinet in an oven set to about 140 degrees F for an hour or two? I doubt the wood worms would survive that, and there wouldn’t be any problems with chemicals.
Pallets are heat treated for strength,not worm killing.Since they are mostly made of cheap softwood such as pine,they need heat treatment for the wood fibers to harden.Dunno the effects on lacquered plywood cabinet.@@beefchicken
@@dimitrismaster sorry mate you’re wrong there. Pine that has dried naturally is just as strong as kiln dried pine. They kiln dry pine to make the process take a couple days instead of 3 months, not because it magically makes it stronger. But a nice added benefit of kiln dried lumber is that the heat also kills any bugs, hich is why in North America, any lumber bearing the NLGA KD-HT mark is permitted to use for export where pallets treated against pests are required. You can argue with me more or just google it yourself.
@@beefchicken I'm not gonna argue,ill take your word for it.I ain't a lumber expert nor a carpenter,the heat treatment process about giving strength,is sth I read on wikipedia,or on another web site, if I remember correctly.
I always thought woodworm were tiny, not these gorged fat slugs!!! Fascinating video and some very interesting comments as well. Seems like a very good thorough solution.
a thing I have noticed by the exit holes some are a lot bigger than others although I don't know what the significance is , poss some male , some female ??
About 70 years ago when I was a spotty youth, I had a very old wind-up acoustic record player, a floor standing job it was. One day I was playing an old 78rpm record and there was a large clutter and one of the legs just fell off. On examination, the lower parts of the unit and legs were full of wood worm holes. Well, beyond repair.
hate these things. I've just had to put a nice Strad radio out because it started in there after a few years of being dormant. It was one of the few radios I didnt treat. I use the gallon cans of Sika woodworm killer from Screwfix or Toolstation, I forget. They hatched out in a portacabin so I fumigated it with an old ICI Fumite smoke firework.
Horrible things, got a PYE qac3 with some in, doused the thing in rentokill solvent based stuff, seems ok now,i have heard that putting the cabinet in the deep freezer can kill them, never tried it though!.
All it takes is one repair to be infested with them and if you don't notice it by the time it has been returned to the customer, chances are your workshop will be infested, and they can the find their way into other items in wood cabinets. A good reeason for inspecting any item carefully when it first arrives.
I have heard that they lay eggs in the cracks and crevices around the edges so I am assuming this is the place to do an initial inspection for any holes ?
@@michaeldranfield7140 The worst items i have found for been infected are the cabinets that are covered in rexine or vynl wrap, they hide underneath it and you only find out when they leave a trail of wood dust by then the cabinet will start to fall apart. One thing they don't like is Jeyes fliud, the smell seems to stop them in their tracks
I wasn't aware of these miserable little buggers. Are they only indigenous to certain areas ? I've been servicing stuff for almost 45 years now, and I've never encountered any.
Hi i bought a wooden wtrearh about 3 years ago put in avroom just decorated. Noticed frass and dead bugs on window sill near were i hung.ive only noticed this today after 3 years they were on a window sill behind a curtain only noticed 3 or 4 on the floor do you think they will have laid eggs elsewere
Interesting video. I would like to see the beetles in more detail so I can recognize any I see. Living in the USA, lots of houses are made of wood, so these woodworm cause a serious threat to a house. Thank you.
according to the internet there are many different varieties so in the USA you might have different ones to the UK , but yes you wouldn't want these in a house made of wood .
They no doubt need oxygen. You could purge the radio with CO2 during the clingfilm wrapping! It probably wouldn't be contained by the clingfilm for more than a few days. Perhaps drop the wrapped & CO2ed radio into a good polythene bag with the opening sealed at the top. (CO2 is heavy). Or plumb all the treated radios into a constant trickle feed of CO2. I use "Pub" CO2 for MIG welding. A full pub size bottle was about £15. (2 years ago). The regulator can be more expensive. I got a cheep used one from eBay.
Another thought on oxygen... There are probably things you could put inside the radio that would "use up" any available oxygen inside. (Not a candle!) I'm not familiar with what form that would take. Maybe some sort of container where you peel off a seal to activate it? Maybe even just iron filings but keep them away from the speaker!
@@michaeldranfield7140 if you ever get any wriggles on the loose, like you showed in this video, you could put them in a jam jar with CO2 & see how long they last. Perhaps at the same time, put some others in a jam jar with air, for comparison.
Its a facinating video. Ive had these things in my brick built shed for over 30 years and they keep coming back. All the shelving collapsed and i had to resort to not storing any wooden items in there. 3 years ago I found a trace in the airing cupboard of the house itself. They must have flown. Everyone should be well educated on the behaviour of these things, i found out the hard way. Heaven forbid if tbey get beneath the floorboards. What about if the grubs that spilled out on the floor get wedged between the treads on the soles of your shoes and you took them home? Would they die? I'm assuming they'd have to be in fly form to spread. How far can they fly? Many questions. I shall keep this video marked for future reference, as when you see pictures its not the same as seeing it in our real environmrnt and hsving it explained to you. At least all of our future electronic enthusiasts will not encounter any wooden items. Only last week i had the chance of buying a1959 philips 17 inch set and I walked away. Marvellous.
from my own examination I have found the grub , once removed from a hole will not attempt to make a new hole , even when placed on another piece wood, I dont know how far they fly but I have heard they always fly towards light and after emerging as a fly they only have a few weeks to live , I have come up with another idea I might try just in case , one of those sticky fly traps hanging up in the workshop but illuminated by a white LED light , this should catch any activity in the night.
Coming upon the next video... I'll be dealing with clothes moths! I threw away 3 radio cabinets recently. The first I noticed was little deposits of pale dust around the radio. Then I saw the clusters of holes. Such a shame.
I need to sort the moth problem , that was an expensive jumper ! I generally don't like scrapping things but the record player was just turning to dust , you could just push your finger though it .
@@michaeldranfield7140 I'll bet many radios have been thrown because of woodworm. A few years back I had a battery valve set with woodworm in it. I removed the cabinet and put it in the corner of the garage for about a year. When I saw it later it had fallen apart.. and just like your example was like mush!
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