Is there a Doctor in the house? - Tiki Carving

A amiotiki Member Wilson, North Carolina Joined: Aug 30, 2005 Posts: 125	A amiotiki Posted posted on Fri, Mar 3, 2006 8:59 AM Hi again... I checked with Dr. Brad and he suggests that you treat the wood the way we would treat pine - using sucrose as a bulking agent to shore up the cell walls. He even went so far as to suggest that all the wood that the carvers use be pretreated by bulking before carving even commences. This could be very helpful with rot issues in palm species - the water comes out, the sugar solution is anathema to critters (especially if you use a little lysol to keep bacteria down). I don't recommend bleach because of its caustic nature - it tends to degrade organics. If you're interested, I will write a longer and detailed post on how to do sucrose bulking...I promise it's not difficult or expensive. :) amiotiki

Hi again...

I checked with Dr. Brad and he suggests that you treat the wood the way we would treat pine - using sucrose as a bulking agent to shore up the cell walls. He even went so far as to suggest that all the wood that the carvers use be pretreated by bulking before carving even commences. This could be very helpful with rot issues in palm species - the water comes out, the sugar solution is anathema to critters (especially if you use a little lysol to keep bacteria down). I don't recommend bleach because of its caustic nature - it tends to degrade organics. If you're interested, I will write a longer and detailed post on how to do sucrose bulking...I promise it's not difficult or expensive. :)

amiotiki

Post #218633 by amiotiki on Fri, Mar 3, 2006 8:59 AM