Tom Collins
04-28-2007, 8:42 AM
I have been looking at my spalted hickory firewood pieces and have decided to try and salvage some pieces for goblets.
My next question is how do I stop the spalting(decay) process?:confused: I thought I would rough turn the pieces into cylinders. They will end up approx. 2"-2.5" in diameter and various lengths in the neighborhood of 8"-10". I am not going to be able to turn them to a final form right away and want to stop the decay process now since they are at a perfect stage.
How can I stop the decay in the cylinders without drying out or splitting the wood? Microwave? oven? boiling? I assume the trick is to kill the decay organisms with heat. Would I seal the ends before treatment(or maybe the whole cylinder)?
Any ideas? Thanks,
Tom C
My next question is how do I stop the spalting(decay) process?:confused: I thought I would rough turn the pieces into cylinders. They will end up approx. 2"-2.5" in diameter and various lengths in the neighborhood of 8"-10". I am not going to be able to turn them to a final form right away and want to stop the decay process now since they are at a perfect stage.
How can I stop the decay in the cylinders without drying out or splitting the wood? Microwave? oven? boiling? I assume the trick is to kill the decay organisms with heat. Would I seal the ends before treatment(or maybe the whole cylinder)?
Any ideas? Thanks,
Tom C