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    Default Resin in beefwood?

    While cleaning some beefwood before gluing, the white spirits seemed to bring a lot of resin to the surface. Has anyone else come across this, and has anyone noticed any problems gluing or finishing this timber?
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    Hello Alex,
    I'm not sure what species you're referring to but maybe the Qld DPI site http://www2.dpi.qld.gov.au/hardwoodsqld/7680.html will help. It has information on gluing. Hope this helps.

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    Helped on a job that was a large Beefwood cabinet & found exactly what you are up against. We used thinners to clean down before gluing & had no problems, even with spray finishing.

    It varied form board to board (most had no problems) but there was a few that were a bit recalcitrant! All seemed well when we delivered it to the customer. Dunno about now though.
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    Thanks gents. Guess I'll machine, clean the joints and glue as quickly as possible and hope it all works.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Geoffexpat View Post
    Hello Alex,
    I'm not sure what species you're referring to but maybe the Qld DPI site http://www2.dpi.qld.gov.au/hardwoodsqld/7680.html will help. It has information on gluing. Hope this helps.

    It's grevillia striata ,an Australian native ,just a weed around here where I live .
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    I've seen it used as fence posts in Western NSW. It was radially split from trees that must've been enormous.......these days anything over a foot thick is a big-ish tree. We pulled a couple up and despite being heavily eroded after the best part of a century in the ground they were still beautifully red inside when cut - burnt in the fire they wept resin like a crumpet full of golden syrup. Shame there wasn't enough solid timber remaining in the posts to exploit....
    Ours is not to reason why.....only to point and giggle.

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