Originally Posted by
Ray Bell
Bill, I am in agreement with the others, Too nice to toss. I am curious about the spalting process though. Was this wood still wet when you started, and what fertilizer did you use? Thanks
I have been experimenting with spalting for the last two years and wrote about it in my article in the April, 2013 issue of "Woodturning Design" titled "Translucent Norfolk Island Pine." For this piece I cut the river birch in two just to make sure I had a very green area to place on the ground though the piece was pretty green. Cleared off some mulch and put the freshly cut ends on the ground on top of some Miracle Grow shake and feed plant food. Added more plant food to the top of it, put some paper towels on top of that to hold moisture and to keep the sun off. Then covered it all with a thick plastic sheet with the intention of creating a contained atmosphere around the wood where the evaporation from the ground would go to the plastic sheet, come back down to the paper towel and keep the wood moist. It worked very well and was fun too. Kind of like a H.S. science project.
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