Boiling Wood

[Den Socling]

But don't forget the alcohol can make a fire hazard.

[woodbowl]

I think I will try it out on them and document it. It will take a few days to get everything together.

Don't forget to keep a piece out for natural drying so we can watch it bust open.

I would like to ask everyone, what is the most disobedient wood that that you have personally observed? It should be a good test piece.

For me it would be Persimmon cut into 1 X's, air dried in the shade. It cupped really bad, but did not split. Young Black Gum runs a close 2nd.

[Burlkraft]

I have my alcohol in those recycling bins that stack and have the hinged lids. They sit right by my side shop door. They hold a lot of rough turned bowls and the great part is that alcohol doesn't freeze here in the great white north

[brdmkr]

Woodbowl,

I don't know which is most disobedient, but I have live oak, water oak, and cherry waiting to be sawed.  I figure the live oak will be my best test.

[Dale Hatfield]

I have read  a few web pages about  soap soaking and boiling wood for turning.
I haven't had a chance to try it but the last page i saw was a turners page that  made some high dollar gallery stuff , with the soap soaking.
I have a Red oak flitch  left over from a swing saw demo. I  didnt soak it > But everyday for a week i painted it with soapy water.  Will report  how it hold up here as the days get warmer .
I think if soaking in soap works  so well why not boil it in soapy water. The mix he was using was cosco brand, mixed gallon to a gallon of water.
The only trouble i see to boiling the piece will be keeping it in the water > It will want to float up so it will have to held in the pot  so it stays covered.
Dale

[getoverit]

WOW !

This thread took a turn I wasnt expecting, but I am eager as anyone to hear the results. I can see where dishwashing detergent could be quite a bit cheaper than Anchorseal, and even easier to spray on too. I'm going to cut down a silver maple tomorrow and I think I'll try spraying the butt with detergent to see if it stops the end checking. I'll have enough to have 2 logs out of this tree, so on one log I'll do anchorseal, the other log I'll do soap> I'll keep ya posted !

[Buzz-sawyer]

Hey Ken
I think being thatdish soap is a strong surfactant....meaning it breaks downsurface tensionso that water is able to penetrate....this maynot be a good sealer for ya

[getoverit]

as it turned out, I only got one log out of this tree, but it is a nice one about 24" on the butt end and about 18" on the top. Good clear wood with very little pith decay. I'll have to save this one for anchorseal...

[brdmkr]

I had hoped to cut up some live oak to experiment with today, but the weather would not cooperate.  I suppose it be a couple of weeks now.  Was anyone able to boil/soap/soak anything to start some spiramintin?

[Radar67]

I started a new topic for my experiment with SOAP for wood drying. You can find it here, SOAP Experiment

Stew

[eldorado]

I would like to ask everyone, what is the most disobedient wood that that you have personally observed? It should be a good test piece.

For me it would be Persimmon cut into 1 X's, air dried in the shade. It cupped really bad, but did not split. Young Black Gum runs a close 2nd.

Dogwood and persimmon are the worst for me.