Off along the inlet for a scrounge as all Bonsai folk do and looky here.
My collection of 'Salt Bush stumps and branches destined for another post
and a re design of a couple of trees I have featured in the past.
Steve.
Collected Drift Wood.
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Collected Drift Wood.
Had a fishing trip that failed because of the weather.
Off along the inlet for a scrounge as all Bonsai folk do and looky here.
My collection of 'Salt Bush stumps and branches destined for another post
and a re design of a couple of trees I have featured in the past.
Steve.
Off along the inlet for a scrounge as all Bonsai folk do and looky here.
My collection of 'Salt Bush stumps and branches destined for another post
and a re design of a couple of trees I have featured in the past.
Steve.
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Re: Collected Drift Wood.
Often wondered with drift wood found on the beach, how do you treat it. I mean ridding the salt from the wood. Any ideas.
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Re: Collected Drift Wood.
I pressure washed,soaked over night in rain water barrel, washed in bi cab solution, soaked again overnight..tested water for saltiness. (Had a glass..hawkeyes wrote:Often wondered with drift wood found on the beach, how do you treat it. I mean ridding the salt from the wood. Any ideas.
)Heated and toughened in oven at 180' for a couple of hours then just Sulfured it.
That's what this lot got over 3 days.
Steve.
Sounds like you have covered that question.
