I bought a beautiful 67" long board of spalted maple on eBay to use as
drawer fronts for a chest I'm building. Wood arrived yesterday and it
is gorgeous. There are a couple of small soft spots in the figuring,
places that feel a little spongey or like cork. Is there some way I
can stabilize these or harden them so they won't further deteriorate?
What about taking a finish after doing that (whatever "that" is)? I
don't know how deep the softness goes, but I'll be thicknessing this
board down to 3/4" from 1 1/8". Will that get me past it? Thanks for
your help.
Ian
Nope, the worms leave when the fungus begins. Toxins, you know.
When they get it working again, you'll find good stuff on spalting at:
http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/pubs.htm
"Never Enough Money" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Is spalted mample the same as wormy maple? Just curious.
>
>
> [snip]
Like joe said - use CA glue. (Order it online or at a local woodworking
shop - borgs dont carry it (or at least mine dont)
Take a look in the woodturning newsgroups for some great instructions on
exactly how to use it.
"Ian Dodd" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I bought a beautiful 67" long board of spalted maple on eBay to use as
> drawer fronts for a chest I'm building. Wood arrived yesterday and it
> is gorgeous. There are a couple of small soft spots in the figuring,
> places that feel a little spongey or like cork. Is there some way I
> can stabilize these or harden them so they won't further deteriorate?
> What about taking a finish after doing that (whatever "that" is)? I
> don't know how deep the softness goes, but I'll be thicknessing this
> board down to 3/4" from 1 1/8". Will that get me past it? Thanks for
> your help.
>
> Ian
In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] (Never Enough Money) wrote:
>Is spalted mample the same as wormy maple? Just curious.
>
No, although the two are sometimes found in the same board. Spalt is a
discoloration caused by a fungus. In maple, it most often manifests itself as
dramatic irregular dark lines through the board.
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On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 07:17:39 -0700, Ian Dodd wrote:
> I bought a beautiful 67" long board of spalted maple on eBay to use as
> drawer fronts for a chest I'm building. Wood arrived yesterday and it is
> gorgeous. There are a couple of small soft spots in the figuring, places
> that feel a little spongey or like cork. Is there some way I can
> stabilize these or harden them so they won't further deteriorate?
David marks advocates using cyanoacrylate to stabilize areas like that.
I'd probably mill up a bit to rough dimension, then experiment with an
off-cut.
> What
> about taking a finish after doing that (whatever "that" is)? I don't know
> how deep the softness goes, but I'll be thicknessing this board down to
> 3/4" from 1 1/8". Will that get me past it? Thanks for your help.
Again, you could use the same off-cut to try a couple of finishing
techniques to see what the effects are.
--
Joe Wells