ttalma
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A few years ago I was given about 500BF of hard maple. Last night I discover about 100 BF has a wierd stain to it. I am not sure what happened, and the wood was milled at least 40 years ago.
I would guess some sort of mold or fungus got to it while drying since the outside of the boards looks creamy white, it starts just below the surface and goes all the way through. If it's spaluting it not like any i've seen before.
When planed it looks like someone did a really bad job trying to stain it black.
But other than the color the wood seems fine. Solid and heavy with no checking.
The question is can I use this anywhere? I was thinking as secondary wood, but hard maple seems like I'm asking for trouble making dust dividers. If I use if on upolstered furniture I think the upolsterer(sp?) would not be happy!
So should I use this or is it fire wood?
I would guess some sort of mold or fungus got to it while drying since the outside of the boards looks creamy white, it starts just below the surface and goes all the way through. If it's spaluting it not like any i've seen before.
When planed it looks like someone did a really bad job trying to stain it black.
But other than the color the wood seems fine. Solid and heavy with no checking.
The question is can I use this anywhere? I was thinking as secondary wood, but hard maple seems like I'm asking for trouble making dust dividers. If I use if on upolstered furniture I think the upolsterer(sp?) would not be happy!
So should I use this or is it fire wood?