Larry Blanchard wrote:
: On Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:46:40 -0600, spaco wrote:

: My take on spalted anything is that spalting is rotting. If you
: don't do something with the wood to stop the process, its gonna rot away
: sooner or later.

: In my admittedly meager experience, the spalting stops when the wood
: dries. What the actual moisture level stopping point is I don't know.
: But I've got spalted birch, poplar, and myrtle that I've had for years
: and the spalting has not continued on them.


Since I live in the Sonoran Desert, all the spalting on wood I buy halts
the moment it arrives here!

-- Andy Barss