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In Europe, acetylated wood carries a Class 1 durability rating under EN 113:1997, Wood Preservatives: Test Method for Determining the Protective Effectiveness Against Wood-destroying Basidiomycetes. This is the highest available and comparable to the best tropical hardwoods. In fact, a recent durability test in New Zealand showed the wood product to be more durable than even old-growth teak.

“We’ve converted a number of different projects from mahogany to acetylated radiate rcs data pine, because this is a material that will last like the existing windows,” Gentleman says. “This is a 100-year product.”

, stability provide a much more stable substrate for wood coatings. Numerous outdoor and accelerated coating tests demonstrate wood coatings last significantly longer on acetylated wood—film-forming opaque coatings, for example, have been found to endure up to three times longer. Therefore, maintenance needs are dramatically reduced.