Lief, that's sad. My heart goes out to you.

TomNie

"Leif Thorvaldson" wrote in message
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On Mon, 9 Jan 2006 13:28:19 +0000, Woodborg
wrote:


Mark: Good to hear that you are having success with a method that is
not supposed to work!*G*

In situations that you mention, I just occasionally turn the bowl over
to recoat it with the solution. Of course, I have a covered "vat" to
preclude/slow down evaporation from the solution. If you are having
luck with a 3:1 ratio, go for it. I recommend 1:1. As to a way to
determine if you have the correct ratio, I started off with a fresh
solution of 1:1 and measured the specific gravity. I found that over
time, the solution lightened closer to the specific gravity of plain
tap water (.999 @ 60F). IMHO, there seems to be a loss of LDD when
that occurs, so I add more LDD.I still have the vat I started and
ended with 2 plus years ago. After a bit of time, I stopped measuring
the SG and just eyeballed the level of the solution and topped it up
with LDD -- not water!!

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Thanks Leif for your comments but i was just wondering what you meant
when you said "I started and ended with 2 plus years ago". Does this
mean you have another storage method or that you've lost the faith and
moved onto another method of making green wood useable?

Mark


Nothing that sinister,Mark. Since I had reached the pinnacle of fame
with national and international acclaim in preaching the gospel of
LDD, I decided to rest on my laurels instead of turning them!*G*

Actually, I had two back operations that didn't succeed all that well,
and the pain of standing, sitting, bending working in the shop
(turning or woodworking) has pretty well put the kibosh on much work
in the shop. I was down there the other day, and the last piece of
work was still mounted on the lathe. I had turned, sanded and
shellaced it and was just needing to part it off, but back was hurting
too much. Just left it there. And didn't return to complete it. 8^(

Hope you are reassured about the efficacy of LDD!

Leif