Bowl Blanks Part 3 – The Borax treatment

To protect my freshly cut pecan bowl blanks and other blanks that are not bowls from bugs, I created a Borax solution loosely based on this article. I created a mixture of 1 pound 14 ounces 20 Mule Team Borax and 3 gallons of warm water.

Bucket of Borax solution mixed for treating freshly cut pecan bowl blanks against bugs

I then dipped the blanks in the solution, pulled them out and let the excess drip back into the bucket.

Pecan bowl blank being dipped into the Borax solution, letting the excess drip back into the bucket
I then set the blanks on some metal racks that I have to continue drying. Later tonight or tommorow I will Anchor Seal the end grain.
Borax-treated pecan bowl blanks set on metal racks to continue drying