The wallplate was a larch beam, stronger and more resinous, to be more humidity-proof, and had the advantage of overlaying wood on wood.
Arriving by accident on the stigmatic platform, these tiny weevils become temporarily stuck in the resinous exudate, and, before making an escape, deposit their small pollen load.
Where there is a resinous knot in the wood, you have to be careful where it rests.
Then, ordinary glue was used, but to-day, with resinous adhesives, the plywood is far better and stronger than that which was produced in those days.
Another system involves the encapsulation of asbestos waste either in cement or in a resinous material, but in those cases the asbestos waste is still toxic.
