摘要 |
Methods of protecting wood and other cellulosic substrates, in particular providing antisapstain activity, comprises treating the wood with <SL> <LI>(i) an amine oxide (including oxides of cyclic amines), <LI>(ii) an azole (eg optionally substituted, optionally fused imidazoles and triazoles) and <LI>(iii) either an amine of formula (I) [as defined below but where R2 may also be ethyl] or a polymer to the backbone of which an active quaternary ammonium compound has been chemically grafted. </SL> Formulations comprising (i), (ii) and (iii) are also disclosed. |