Seasoning of timber is carried out to achieve the following purposes :
- To decrease the weight of timber and thereby to lower the cost of transport and handling.
- To impart hardness, stiffness, strength and better electrical resistance to timber.
- To increase the resisting power of timber, as most of the causes of decay of timber are more or less related to moisture.
- To maintain the shape and size of the components of the timber articles which are expected to remain unchanged in form.
- To make timber easily workable and to facilitate operations during conversion.
- To make timber fit for receiving treatment of paints, preservatives, varnishes, etc.
- To make timber safe from the attack of fungi and insects.
- To reduce the tendency of timber to crack, shrink and warp.
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