Bamboo Treatment
These days, we have been very busy starting our new bamboo treatment plant. We had to wait till the new moon (aaunsi) to cut the bamboo. We first tried the Vertical Soaking Method. In this method, bamboo were made completely hollow by penetrating the diaphrams (the inner portion of the nodes), except the last one, with a metal rod, which was then filled with a Boron solution. The solution was left in the bamboo for 13 days after which bamboo were supposed to be bugs free.
During this process, we encountered two problems.
First, the bamboo were relatively easier to penetrate when they were straight, but the curved ones were almost impossible.
Secondly a bamboo required 6 liters of chemical, thus 200 bamboo would require 3600 liters, which would cost 36,000Rs. (480$) alone for the chemical. Due to this exuberant price we have stopped the project.
We are now working on a more cost effective method, also known as Boucherie Modified Method. We will keep you updated on that as we progress.
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