What untreated timber for a baby play gym?

MariaT

I am planning to make a simple A-frame baby play gym for my newborn niece.

(1) Can anyone suggest suitable timber to use?

(2) Are any of these untreated, not fumigated (I believe it is required for imported timber), and also not treated with anti-sapstain or other chemicals?

• Specrite 70 x 35mm 0.9m Short Pine Run Of Mill
• Porta 42 x 30mm 1.2m DAR Rectangle General Purpose Pine
• 32 x 32mm 2.4m DAR Tasmanian Oak Select

Thanks!!

JacobZ

Hi @MariaT,

Thank you for your question and welcome to the Bunnings Workshop community, it is fantastic to have you with us.

What a great project, I'm sure you and your niece will be able to create many wonderful memories with it.

All three products you've linked to are untreated and structurally suitable for this purpose, but I believe the Specrite 70x35 is imported, so it may have undergone a fumigation process. If this is an issue for you, then I would remove this from your potential selection.

Of these products, based on price, I would suggest the Porta 42 x 30mm 1.2m DAR Rectangle General Purpose Pine is the way to go.

It is a DAR (dressed-all-round) product, so it has undergone a planing process and is smooth all around with very little potential for splinters, but the corners will be sharp, so you'll need to round them off a bit.

I'd suggest giving the faces a once over to ensure there's no splinters and rounding the edges with some 80 Grit Timber Sandpaper and a UNi-PRO Cork Sanding Block.

Let me know if you have any further questions and please share some photos of the finished product, it would be great to see what you come up with.

Jacob