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Bill in Detroit Bill in Detroit is offline
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Default any health hazards with ebonizied oak bowls

cad wrote:
I have a dozen or so spalted red oak blanks I harvested and waxed about
a 9 mts ago. I notice now that anywhere there is wax on them, it is
turning jet black underneath the wax layer.

Are they ebonizing on their own?

cad
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CAD ... I'm no expert (certainly not at this distance!) but it sounds as
if the trapped moisture is sporting a very nice fungal growth.

Bill

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