Red oak vs white oak update

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I took some of that wood I had, cut the ends off where I had about a 2 inch by 4 inch piece. I blew into the end grain. I had the other end in a cup of water with detergent. Then, lots of bubbles! Does this mean it is definitely red oak? It is weired because I posted pictures on here a while back someone said they thought it was white oak. SOmeone in person did too.

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stryped
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I've always just spit on it. Red oak is pink when wet, white oak is yellow.

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DJ Delorie

More than likely it is Red Oak.

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Leon

Ash?

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Robatoy

If you really did blow air thru white oak, that tree was in trouble before they cut it down.

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Max Mahanke

sodium nitrite would seem to be the ultimate test. Reference:

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DanG

On 2/27/2006 8:17 AM stryped mumbled something about the following:

There you go again, asking a question then not wanting it archived. Well, here you go, it's archived now, since we know you won't answer as to why you do this.

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Odinn

It's a privacy thing. T'was recommended procedure many years ago, long before Google resurrected terabytes of flamewars.

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Australopithecus scobis

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