Patent ID: 8372519

Claim:
An impregnated wood element comprising a wood element and an impregnating composition, wherein the impregnated wood element is obtained by impregnating the wood element with the composition in the form of a mixture comprising at least two components a) and b), wherein component a) comprises at least one mono and/or multifunctional thiol selected from the group consisting of mercaptopropionate esters, mercaptoacetate esters and mixtures thereof, and component b) comprises at least one mono and/or multifunctional ene chosen from the group consisting of norbornene, vinyl ether, propenyl, alkene, vinyl ester, N-vinyl amides, allyl ethers, allyltriazine, allylisocyanurate, acrylate, unsaturated esters, N-substituted meleimide, acrylonitrile, methacrylate, styrene, conjugated dienes and mixtures thereof, the molar ratio between the thiol groups and the ene groups is 1:0.1 to 1:100; and thereafter curing the composition or the mixture.