Driftwood With Soft Spots.

[Brian085]

I recently bought a piece of driftwood off Ebay. It measures 27" X 9" X 15". Once I started soaking the driftwood in some water I noticed some soft almost rotten spots on the wood. It seems underneath this soft rotten spot is hard wood like the rest of the piece. My question is what should I do, cut out the soft spots or leave them? :huh:

Here is a picture of the wood:

(Picture is from the Ebay listing)

Thanks for any help~

 

[red_wall]

You need to scrape off the soft spots.
The wood underneath should be good to go.

 

[hirschy75]

cool looking piece

 

[Brian085]

Any recommendations on what to use to scrape it off? Thanks, I thought it would look great in the 55 I'm going to get.

 

[Notophthalmus]

A chisel and mallet is probably the best thing. You could also use a power drill and a big spade bit.

 

[dundadundun]

use a pressure washer.

 

[soobie]

A stiff bristle brush works great, too.

 

[jm1212]

thats an interesting piece you've got there.

i would go with a small chisel and a mallet

 

[Brian085]

I took my chisel and started scraping off any soft spots I could find. I found mostly all the really soft spots that come off easy by using the chisel by hand. I took a couple pictures of the wood after removing mostly all the soft spots.

Would it be safe to have some spots left, or should all be gone?

 

[red_wall]

You should get out as much as you can.