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Picnic tables made of pressure-treated wood have become common, and are fine to use for the purpose they were intended... to serve food on (or play cards on), not to prepare food on! They should be coated as needed with an oil-based wood preservative (not paint or opaque stain) to seal in the chemical preservative.
The unique. cellular structure of Southern Pine permits deep penetration of preserva -. tives, rendering the wood useless as a food source for fungi, termites and. micro-organisms. Some 85% of all pressure-treated wood is Southern Pine, a general group of four tree species: shortleaf, longleaf, loblolly, and slash. Collectively, this species group ranks among the strongest, most versatile. wood for structural applications. Most untreated wood will decompose when four conditions required for.