BAMBOO TREATMENT

1. TLE Bamboo

2. TREATING BAMBOOS
 Preserving and Treating
 Bleaching process for bamboo material
 Dyeing
 Pyrography

3. 1. Preserving and Treatment
 Water-Leaching
 Fermentation
 Smoking And Heating
 Salt Water / Sea Water Immersion

4. Water-Leaching
 This is one of the simplest
ancestral techniques for
preserving bamboo. The concept
relies on submerging the bamboo
in flowing, clean water for a
certain period (4-8 months). The
water-soluble substances present
in the bamboo, such as starch and
sugars, will be washed away
slowly.

5. Water-Leaching
 This makes the pole less
attractive to insects as food. It
is important to note, however,
that the bamboo is still not
completely resistant to insect
attacks and molds following this
process.

6. Fermentation
 In this technique, the idea is to compost the bamboo within mud and tree leaves for a
few months (3-4 months). The microorganisms and bacteria in the compost converts the
starches and sugars into acid thus lowering the likelihood of insect predation.

7. Fermentation
 This method, although
ingenious, is very
inconsistent and lacks
assurance that will protect
the bamboo from further
insect infestation further
down the line.

8. Smoking And Heating
 Smoking bamboo poles reduces the moisture content in freshly harvested bamboo
and extrudes out the sugars that are in the pole. Furthermore, the chemical
compounds found in smoke are absorbed by the bamboo tissues and help to
protect them from insects.

9. Smoking And Heating
 The main challenge with this method is to maintain consistency of heat and smoke
quality throughout the bamboo preservation process, so that each pole is treated
uniformly. Burning large amounts of material to create smoke also has its own
environmental challenges.

10. Salt Water / Sea Water Immersion
 Submerging bamboo into salt water is an effective treatment solution. The
bamboo is submerged in the ocean for 30 days - 3 months to allow the fibers to
absorb the salt solution and release the sugary sap in the bamboo.

11. Salt Water / Sea Water Immersion
 The only challenge with this
method is that seawater is
composed of salt which is highly
corrosive.

12. 2. Bleaching process for
bamboo material
 The present invention is a bleaching
process for bamboo material.
 After bamboo wood flooded in sodium
hydroxide solution, place the hydrogen
peroxide steam generator bleaching that
adds little acetic acid to handle, clean
then, drying.
 Have the advantages that method is
simple, cost is low.

13. 3. Dyeing
 Understand that special woods require a special type of dye. Reed, Wood and
Fiber Dye is made specially for dyeing fibers like straw, grass, reed, raffia,
potpourri, dried flowers, bamboo and even nuts. The dye can give you very
vibrant colors, and it is very easy to use.

14. 3. Dyeing
 Mix the dye components and
add them to the bamboo
container. Mix your dye in a
separate jar, using about 1
percent of the weight of the
bamboo.
 Once it is mixed, slowly pour
the dye into the container
holding the bamboo and hot
water, without actually
pouring it on the bamboo.
 After you have poured the
dye, add about 1/3 cup of
vinegar for every gallon of
water used.

15. 4. Pyrography
 Pyrography is the art
of decorating wood or other
materials with burn marks
from a heated object, usually
a heated pen-like metal tool.
It is thought that pyrography
has been around since
prehistoric times when
humans created designs using
the remains of their fires.

16. 4. Pyrography