Post #477191 by domin on Fri, Aug 14, 2009 1:25 PM

oh just about forgot to ask about this.

the Ku is getting a little moldy here and there so was thinking i may have to see about hotboxing it for a day or so to try and kill it off and possibly any bugs it may still have, as well as dry it out some more.

the question is tho at what point i should do it? while im still in the carving process, or wait till its pretty much done and ready for sanding?

I would go ahead and do it now but I'm not sure if it's dry enough yet to handle the heat without cracking all to hell.

and for those who don't know what hotboxing is. you basically just put it in a container of sorts and let it sit in the sun to heat up, the back seat of a car with windows up would work or just make a small tent around it with black plastic so the sun doesn't hit it directly but only heats the air around it more evenly. and it can get pretty darned hot in there.

I haven't done this on a large log only small splits taken down in size to fast dry them