White spots on the crabapple wood - 1 attachment
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Hi All,
A neighbor gave me most of the pieces when I helped her cut down her crabapple tree after a windstorm damaged it. I'm making her a spoon out of it. I just soaked it for the first time to raise the grain and sand it down, and it's got these little white spots I hadn't noticed till it got wet. I'm guessing they'll disappear when it's dry but of course when I apply the walnut oil it'll darken and the spots will be back. Anybody know what causes this? Is it something that happens to crabapple or is it due to insects or something? Maybe something similar to how maple gets spalted? I press at it with my fingernail and I think the wood feels softer there but there's not a lot of area in one place to test. Thanks for any info, or educated guesses, or swags, you can give me. :-) I'll still give it to her at her new housewarming this weekend. It would just be nice to have an idea what's causing that. Dan |
White spots on the crabapple wood - 1 attachment
Some applewood I have turned into pen blanks has the same white spots, but
mine are a little larger. They are not any softer than the other wood surrounding on my pieces. Fruit woods tend to have some wild color variations in the grain. Alan |
White spots on the crabapple wood - 1 attachment
Dan wrote:
Hi All, A neighbor gave me most of the pieces when I helped her cut down her crabapple tree after a windstorm damaged it. I'm making her a spoon out of it. I just soaked it for the first time to raise the grain and sand it down, and it's got these little white spots I hadn't noticed till it got wet. I'm guessing they'll disappear when it's dry but of course when I apply the walnut oil it'll darken and the spots will be back. Anybody know what causes this? Is it something that happens to crabapple or is it due to insects or something? Maybe something similar to how maple gets spalted? I press at it with my fingernail and I think the wood feels softer there but there's not a lot of area in one place to test. Thanks for any info, or educated guesses, or swags, you can give me. :-) I'll still give it to her at her new housewarming this weekend. It would just be nice to have an idea what's causing that. Dan i think it's the beginnings of spalting. http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/tabid/5255/default.aspx chuck b:-) |
White spots on the crabapple wood - 1 attachment
On Sun 16 Sep 2007 10:47:05a, chuckb wrote in
news:ZdcHi.5906$A72.3694@trnddc08: i think it's the beginnings of spalting. http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/tabid/5255/default.aspx Thanks for the input, gentlemen. I hoped it was something along the lines of both your theories. My ex-neighbor loved it and she'll let me know how it stands up. Thanks again. :-) Dan |
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