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nice build, keep em coming...

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Finally something that cleans fast

Positioned it inside the store room to keep noise down

I like what i see and no short cuts/mistakes involved.... so far

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a crib that can be converted into a playpen later on would be nice especially if it will be large enough to fit one of the parents hehehehe

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HI Fourtheboys96

I was actually thinking of a modification where it will enable me to rock the crib.

As for the conversion to play pen. Unfortunately it wont be happening even if i would like it too. The lesser the moving parts the safer a crib is. I even decided to not include a swing down side rail.

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Bee, seems you are using treated wood. I suggest you not only seal it, but seal it COMPLETELY. anti anay treatment is hazardous with direct contact to the skin, it is something you don't want you child to be exposed to. just a word of caution... cheers.

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Matimco website says that WeatherWood is treated with Solignum. There are plenty of words expended on how effective it is and how long it lasts, but nothing on its safety other than to say that it "has a hazard class rating of up to H3.1" (for the above-ground version; H3.2 and H4 for the ground-contact version). There is no explanation of what those ratings mean, or their basis.

The active ingredients in Solignum are permethrin, propiconazole, and tebuconazole. According to Wikipedia, two of these are considered by the EPA to be possible carcinogens and one of these may be linked to Parkinson's disease.

We also use Matwood in some cases, so the unstated and unknown health effects are something that we have to keep in mind and try to minimize.

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Fantastic Bee. I hope my wife doesn't see this though.

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Yeah i realized it is treated wood hence i will be spray sealing it. Just got back my donated compressor

the 2 x 4's are untreated timberco. I just realized armour wood has radjata pine 1 x 4. oh well.

Whats a good sealer? i only use boysen sanding sealer so far . Hence i probably need a sealer design for spraing

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hmmmm i have been thinking the whole morning

i may have to take out the treated pine.... or would a sealer really make it safe already?

or i can make another set ALL OVER again. and use this for something else sine it looks mighty nice anyway

Timberco ran out of stock in wilcon their 1 x 4 lumber so i decided to use their weather wood.

Suki ako sa wilcon coz its close to us. hmmmm

Now the next question. if i do decide not to make another set ALL over again. is there a clean way of detaching the wood? its all glued in the grooves. Oh well i will just redo it instead. This time it will take me half of the time since i dont have to juggle with structural design pinderings.

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no need to start over. use a brush to apply the sanding sealer so you get a thicker coat. Wilcon do have a nice collection of wood, kaya lang ang mahal compared to others. seems that the bottom will be covered with foam, so you are ok from there. the sanding sealer will do fine, just seal it well naman ang advise ko...
the build is actually very nice already, just keep it up.

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I also want to lean on the side of just applying sealer and maybe a topcoat like varnish or polyurethane, but one should probably look into the (relative) safety of those also. So many questionable chemicals in modern environment now that it boils down to determination or even guess of what is less hazardous than what, and whether the concentrations are enough to matter.

There was water-based sanding sealer and water-based polyurethane at Ace, maybe they are safe or safer, who knows. I am usually inclined to use tung oil on untreated wood, but I read that some people can be allergic to that.

BTW, 'Armourwood' radiata pine from New Zealand being distributed by Central Lumber Corp. is also treated with preservative. Unlike Matimco, I have not seen any published info on the preservative.

Just for fun (or education), why not contact Matimco and ask about the safety of their treated wood. If they say it is safe for humans, ask if they would put their baby in a crib made of MatWood/WeatherWood.

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Edited: I did not see Timber's and Guad's post

Rdjata pine of armour wood is treated with tenelith E

i found out that its NOT advisable to use CCA treated lumber

CCA chrome cpper anrsenic?

I am planning to use the head board for a different purpose. I will turn it upside down. and put 3 levels of shelves and use it as a food prep trolley or trolley for in door plants... general purpose furniture trolly in other words..

I will start a new crib instead. but i may change the design a bit because i get really bored if i make something exactly the same. It becomes a chore instead of a hobby 🙂

Edited: Timber mentions sanding sealer. However i am so paranoid now about it hahahah.

I will try calling matimco on the chemical used in their weather wood.

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I called Matimco

their above ground treated pine is merely treated with solignum

The wood is safe. But i will do further checking to verify.

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http://www.matimco.com/news/091200.php

An article explaining the treatment of wood by Matimco using LSOP type (Solignum in particular)

on the second page it says that the VOC, vapor something emitted. only lasts for 2 days and after that its 100% safe for human contact.

I am so bloody relieved i dont have to redo the crib head boards 🙂

I never thought of calling matimco coz i instantly assumed that they use CCA chromated copper arsenate. I was apparently really wrong

Cheers for Matimco 🙂