?'s about finding driftwood in a river..

[soobie]

i like the idea of selling!!!! the park down from me has all sorts, this one the only one i liked at the time.

Just make sure it's OK to take wood from the park. Many prohibit collecting.

 

[Sarge_857]

Just make sure it's OK to take wood from the park. Many prohibit collecting.

they may prohibit it, but i dont really care. i dont think a cop or dnr officer would care about a small piece of wood.....its not like theres gunna be more in the future.

 

[jones57742]

Sarge:

Your post has given me a h...l of an idea. The next time I am in Far West Texas near Alpine I will search for Cypress driftwood. This would be awesome.

To answer your question regarding preparation (and this is probably overkill but describes what I have done).

• [1] Place the wood in a mildly boiling chlorine solution for 24 hours.

• [2] Rinse the wood in mildly boiling tap water for 24 hours.

• [3] Scrub the wood with a pot scrubber and rinse.

• [4] Place the wood in a mildly boiling chlorine solution for 24 hours.

• [5] Rinse the wood in warm tap water to which 4X Prime has been added for 48 hours.

• [6] Remove the wood and place in the tank.

*If the wood is too large to fit into a large pot I would try the bathtub with water as hot as possible. (I have not tried this bathtub process.)

A listing of American hardwoods.

An easier to understand listing of the hardness of typically available (geographic regions influence the "available") hardwoods.

TR

BTW Folks:
I am only familiar with these web sites due to designing (or at least currently attempting to) a short and low wooden bridge which will be subject to truck loading across a golf course swale.

 

[Sarge_857]

i think the wood i have in the tank right now (cleaned, soaked and scrubbed for a couple of days, changing water everyday) my dad said green ash .