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8th October 2009, 04:39 PM #1Awaiting Email Confirmation
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Soaking timber through
Hi,
It may seem strange but I need to make dry wood into green wood again (or as wet as I can get it). What's the best way? Steaming, microwaving in a container of water, just soaking. They're short thin planks of red gum approx 12mm thick and 200mm long.
I've tried microwaving them in a container full of water and after 10-15 mins they were still completely dry inside.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers.
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8th October 2009, 08:50 PM #2
redgum is not very permeable.
weight them down in a container of water and have a look in a month
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thanks bob, i'll give it a go
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Sugar
In small pieces you can put sugar in the water as well, it reverses the effect of sappy timbers pushing water back out (so im told)
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