Tom,
In between the plain fresh cut wood and spalted wood gum can get
interesting. Here is a link to a photo on my web page
http://home.ptd.net/~ndd1/page67.html . The little bowl on the right is
freshly cut gum. The bowl on the left was cut form wood that aged for about
2 months. The time drastically improved the color of the wood.
Tony Manella
ndd1"at"prolog.net (remove "at")
http://home.ptd.net/~ndd1/
Lehigh Valley Woodturners
http://www.lehighvalleywoodturners.com/

"Joe Fleming" wrote in message
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Tom,

Boring wood until it spalts. I've made a number of spalted bowls with
great success. The wood spalts then rots fast. The difference between
good spalt and rot is about 2 weeks.

Well, maybe not that fast, but pretty fast. Stay on top of the process
or you will lose the wood.

Joe Fleming - San Dieog