Matt from Rancho Palos Verdes, Ca writes
We would not recommend Phantom Aerosol Spray to treat powder post beetles. You should use a wood treatment product to treat powder post beetles. Bora-Care is the best wood treatment product available. Bora-Care will penetrate through the wood and kill the larvae eating the wood no matter where they are in the wood. However, it can only be applied to raw wood. It cannot be applied to wood that is painted, stained, or sealed. If your wood is painted, stained, or sealed, then you will need to drill holes and inject Bora-Care or sand the finish off of the wood, treat with Bora-Care, and then refinish the wood. Please let us know if you have nay other questions.
Answer last updated on: 05/14/2013
