Has anyone tried "making" driftwood?
I am thinking of submerging fresh tree stumps in tidepools and let the salt water "cure" the wood. How long should I soak it?
clark
Making Driftwood?
Feb 24, 2007
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Then years is about right. The earlier lighthouses were build with lumber that was submerged ten years in salt-water tide pools. Today some of these lighthouses are still standing up with the original lumber. This lumber treatment has long since disappeared and replaced with a…
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10 years should do it.
Then years is about right.
The earlier lighthouses were build with lumber that was submerged ten years in salt-water tide pools.
Today some of these lighthouses are still standing up with the original lumber.
This lumber treatment has long since disappeared and replaced with a quicker treatment using toxic chemical.
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