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Title: Spalted wood
Post by: ESP on November 16, 2017, 06:45:00 PM: Is spalted wood less structurally sound than regular wood? Will it be more likely to have a failure?
Thanks
Title: Re: Spalted wood
Post by: Longtoke on November 16, 2017, 06:53:00 PM: Yes it needs stabilized
Title: Re: Spalted wood
Post by: Possum Head on November 16, 2017, 07:55:00 PM: If you use for veneers I think it can stand alone. Risers probably not.
Title: Re: Spalted wood
Post by: Tim Finley on November 16, 2017, 08:28:00 PM: Spalted wood is wood with a fungus in it and is partially decayed, it wont work for handles unless it has been stabilized and reinforced but can be very beautiful in veneers under clear glass where the epoxy can penetrate through the veneers.
Title: Re: Spalted wood
Post by: ESP on November 16, 2017, 08:44:00 PM: Sorry I was not very clear. I meant for veneers. Thanks
Title: Re: Spalted wood
Post by: dhaverstick on November 17, 2017, 07:37:00 AM: Idaho Curt sells a bunch of it on his Wood Vault site so I would say it's just fine for veneer. Anybody I know who uses it for anything else stabilizes it first.

Darren
Title: Re: Spalted wood
Post by: Terry Green on November 17, 2017, 11:45:00 AM: As veneers...I don't think it amounts to a hill of beans...its like wall paper hello??? :goldtooth:
Title: Re: Spalted wood
Post by: Longtoke on November 17, 2017, 01:45:00 PM: Yes it needs stabilized
Title: Re: Spalted wood
Post by: ESP on November 18, 2017, 01:13:00 PM: I never thought of veneers as wallpaper. Good analogy.
Title: Re: Spalted wood
Post by: wingnut on November 18, 2017, 02:32:00 PM: Well not quite wallpaper because it goes under the clear glass. therefore it does need to structurally sound or it can come apart. Doesn't happen very often as it's so thin but it can happen.

Mike