A 14 hour period is not much of a test, but between 5:00 pm yesterday and 7:00
am this morning the alcohol soaked bowl lost 25 grams and the unsoaked bowl lost
10 grams. This is the first time that I've checked two identical pieces (i.e.,
same wood) at the same time.

Fred Holder
http://www.fholder.com

In article , Dan Bollinger
says...

I just started a new test with the walnut root, except I cut the root in half
and turned two small bowls with 1/2" wall thicknesses. I soaked one in alcohol
for two hours and the other one I simply wrapped the outside with paper. Both
are wrapped in paper with the inside of the bowl open to the air. The wood was
extremely wet. I'll weigh them each day until they quit losing weight and then
will report back with my findings. Their initial weight, weighed at the same
time, was 215 grams for the unsoaked bowl and 225 grams for the soaked bowl.
Incidentally, I noticed that you said you didn't notice any difference in
drying
with any of the various methods and that is why I decided to make a comparison
test. I personally believe that the wood soaked in alcohol dries more quickly
than wood that has not been soaked, maybe my test will show that I'm wrong or
hopefully it will show that myself and a lot of other people are right about
the
alcohol soak. In any case, I'll report my findings in a week or two. You'll
note
that I'm using bowls for my test and not 1" cubes.

Fred, The folks at Forest Product Labs expect you to find a difference. At
least that's what I got form the excerpt I posted, that solvent drying is a
valid procedure.

Dan



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