Thanks, I really enjoyed watching this video. A lot of comments about the loud background music - Cut the music out altogether and just talk more during the video explaining what you are doing and why. Videos made this way are much mor interesting to watch. Looking forward to your next videos.
Thanks for watching, and taking the time for commenting with constructive criticism 👌 these are the things I need to know to make better content in the future. I'm new at this and still learning. Thanks again 👍
Thank you for the idea and describing the technique clearly but not stating ***any*** time frame seems odd. I did glean from a comment previously posted the time frame is as little as two weeks to a few months. THAT is very helpful and I appreciate it. As others have commented the music is not necessary. Your information is valuable and welcome so thank you again and keep up the good work. Peaceful Skies.
Lot of your commenters are bothered by the music. I have a condition by which noises bother me more than a normal person. There is a medical term. But I didn't notice the music. For those disapproving , the fix is simple. Turn the audio off and learn to read lips, or click the subtitle button. Life is easy when we think. I enjoyed the video. I have used spalted for small projects. At 78 I'll have to continue to buy since any time left is important. New subscriber. I don't buy green bananas either.
Thank you for the nice comment and subscribing, the criticism will only make my next video better. My channel is new and I'm still learning the ropes. Thanks again, 🍌😅🤣
Take extra care if you’re working with spalted wood. You don’t want to get those active fungal spores in your lungs, so always wear at least a mask, if not a respirator.
Beginner here. How dangerous are the spores? Must one clean/disinfect the shop and change clothes after working with spalted wood? Does the workpiece need anything done to it to kill/neutralize spores, especially pieces that people will touch (cabinet/drawer fronts) or eat from (cutting boards, serving trays)?
@liuj88 workshop air quality is very important. Sawdust can cause respiratory problems even without spores, and that can vary between different wood species. I remove the sawdust regularly and wash my clothes normally. I appreciate your comments
@liuj88 I would Poly it to enrich the grain and contrast. I wouldn't worry if the food had a peel, shell or wrapper (like candy) 🤔 I wouldn't drink soup from it😉
A Microwave works much faster. cook till you see steam starting and let cool. repeat until there is no weight loss in the piece. the longer you cook at one time will darken the rings more. takes two days or about 8 or 9 cooks
Thank you for your comment, but I'm a little confused 🤔 the bag full of sawdust was to infuse Fungi into the wood piece and create zone lines, not a method to dry it. That process would come later👌
@@TallgrassWorkshop I put my pieces in the Microwave to dry them out. I found the longer I leave it running the more intense zone lines are. Even when there is no fungi, zone lines show up. Kind of fake burn/fungi lines. By accident I turned a very light colored yellow cedar burl in a very aged dark fungi piece.
Thank you for clarifying, I totally get it now👍 you have spurred my interest and I love learning new things. This method will be in my future. Thanks again
@@TallgrassWorkshop The timing in the microwave changes to how moist the wood is. I would start with a piece you would not mind destroying. If left in to long, the center will burn and turn to dust. Start with 1 minute on high. Let cool for 20 minutes. Have fun with it and I am looking forward to watching more videos from you. OH,,,,, And I would not do this in the Kitchen, again..... Some wood can be very pungent and the wife will be upset you for days. Bin there, done that. Cost me a few days in the dog house and a new microwave. Up side is I have a Microwave in the shop now. :)
I’m pretty sure the pear tree I trimmed and left in my wood pile was spalting naturally as it dried. Unfortunately it was also being attacked by grubs and other winged creatures which flew out while I was turning 😮
@Smithhands2727 I like to check my 🪵 wood pile regularly or walk in the woods looking for it naturally occurring. I use to hate the grub holes, now I just embrace them as part of Mother Nature's cycle of the wood 🤔and its relationship with the Forrest. It can make for some unique pieces and surprises inside. Lately I've been deep freezing my blanks instead of using heat for such critters. Thanks for watching 👍
I have seen wood like that before, and liked the look 👍 but had no clue that you could actually reproduce that look on different types of wood . Great video enjoyed it . But I would like to know how long does it take to create the pattern in your shop ???
Thanks, there's lots of variables so it hard to give you a straight answer. 1 to 3 months is a good range though. How active the Fungi spores are, the moisture content in the wood and or the plastic bag. Fresh cut wood has worked best for me. Fruit and nut bearing trees work better than most, but Oak, Maple and Sycamore have also been real successful for me. I usually put multiple species of wood in the bag together. There's alot of information On line about it too. Good luck🪵
I've had Spalting occurring in as little of 2 weeks, but not really pentatrating the wood much. And your right it varies with species of wood. To answer your question, on average 1 month and up to 2 on stubborn ones. Thanks for watching
It's fun, Sycamore and Maple are my favorites, but it has worked with all that I tried. I've used chainsaw dust and sawmill dust too. White Rot Fungi is everywhere if you look. I turned some great candlesticks from the bottom row of some stacked Oak firewood 👍
Because I live in Florida, I'm limited to certain hardwoods, but it has worked with every Oak. That log i cut in the video is Live Oak. Most fruit, nut and citrus varieties have worked well. Australia Pine (she oak) and Norfolk Island Pine will work. Our climate here is perfect for wood decaying Fungi. If a log lays on the ground around here, it doesn't take long. It will occur anywhere if the conditions are right.
Another way is, orange and black beetles. You see one, put it on the tree you wish to cut later. Give it a year or 2, harvest tree, cut boards and be amazed
That's interesting, I have a couple of buddies with tree services that bring me logs from distressed trees involving insects or disease and your right, there are some amazing transformations and color to the wood. Thank you for commenting and sharing with others. I'm 🤔always learning
Thanks, trying to explain stuff and talking to a camera still feels weird to me. Online there's more information about it and goes into greater detail. Thanks for watching and the comment 😉👍
Music is to loud, but the spalted wood is great, I have logs in my poly tunnel Sitting on the ground, i’ve been there for about 6 to 8 months, I will start to dry them this year ready for turning next year, and will be using resin as well,
Thank you for the comment, my channel is new and my editing needs to be better, but I'm working it out🤔 We do a little bit of everything in the workshop, including resin. We're not an expert on anything, but are learning new things daily 👌 thanks again
That makes it real easy😉👍 same here in Florida. Wood decaying Fungi will start growing on anything laying directly on the ground. In an arid climate, the trash bag method could work for someone 🪵 thanks for watching and commenting
@@TallgrassWorkshop Yeah, I'm in the southern shore of New England. It's almost as humid and hot as Orlando during summer, at least it was last summer. But winters do get real dry. We get all the snowbirds move up here for the summer.
Great video, Tallgrass. I split an 8' elm log down the length so when it dried it wouldn't split so badly. Then put the log halves face down just an inch above the lawn. It took two years to get a good spalt, so this method would be good for larger pieces, but the bag with sawdust takes the cake. Thanks from Canada.
Thanks, giving Fungi a perfect place to live along with a fresh cut piece of wood is always a fun experiment 🤓 for me. Surrounding it with sawdust that already contains the Fungi just speeds things up. Sometimes extra moisture is needed to start things happening, i use a spray bottle👌Thanks for watching and commenting
Fresh cut wood seems to work a little faster for me. When I use dryer wood, I spray it down with water to help activate the fungus. Depending on how much Fungi is present within the sawdust, and the conditions are right, it can be as soon as a couple of weeks for things to start happening. The longer you leave it, the further it will penatrate the wood.
That's a great question, all the spalted wood I have has never changed once the moisture was removed Sealed or unsealed. I usually wax, oil or poly my projects. Thanks for watching and the comment
@@TallgrassWorkshop Beginner here. Is spalted wood food-safe, for use as cutting boards, serving trays, etc.? I assume a poly finish encapsulates all the fungus/spores, but are there alternative methods/finishes that can make spalted wood safe? Or is spalted wood safe even with no finish or any special procedure done to it?
@liuj88 those are some of the most debatable questions on any woodworking forum. All wood surfaces are porous and need to be sealed if they make contact with food. Mantinence and care of such surfaces are equally important. They're many variables to consider, including food type. "Food Safe" is a very subjective term. If the Fungi doesn't get you, the bacteria might. There's alot of information out there on this topic and you can never do enough research 👍
What would have been an interesting & imformative video spoilt by the music. If I want to watch a music video, then I watch a music video. If I want to watch a woodturning video then I expect a woodturning video, not one with irritating music.
Honestly it’s pretty humiliating that you are not both a very talented wood worker AND a professional video editor. Next time you make a video on YOUR page make sure you consider everyone else’s hearing and attention capabilities.
Honestly, I'm surprised you have not learned to use subtitles. They are silent. It is rude to insult a content provider. A private message would be more professional. KAREN
Thanks, I really enjoyed watching this video. A lot of comments about the loud background music - Cut the music out altogether and just talk more during the video explaining what you are doing and why. Videos made this way are much mor interesting to watch. Looking forward to your next videos.
Thanks for watching, and taking the time for commenting with constructive criticism 👌 these are the things I need to know to make better content in the future. I'm new at this and still learning. Thanks again 👍
Thank you for the idea and describing the technique clearly but not stating ***any*** time frame seems odd.
I did glean from a comment previously posted the time frame is as little as two weeks to a few months. THAT is very helpful and I appreciate it.
As others have commented the music is not necessary.
Your information is valuable and welcome so thank you again and keep up the good work.
Peaceful Skies.
Thank you for your comment
Lot of your commenters are bothered by the music. I have a condition by which noises bother me more than a normal person. There is a medical term. But I didn't notice the music. For those disapproving , the fix is simple. Turn the audio off and learn to read lips, or click the subtitle button. Life is easy when we think. I enjoyed the video. I have used spalted for small projects. At 78 I'll have to continue to buy since any time left is important. New subscriber. I don't buy green bananas either.
Thank you for the nice comment and subscribing, the criticism will only make my next video better. My channel is new and I'm still learning the ropes. Thanks again, 🍌😅🤣
I may have to give this a try. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching and your comment
How long would you leave wood & sawdust in the bag? Days? Weeks? Months?
Depending on the Fungi that's growing and the wood your using, 2 to 6 weeks. Thanks for watching
It's interesting how you can replicate nature and get such beauty 🌳
The results are different every time, no two alike. Thanks for watching
All you need is a Fungi Farm😅🤣😂
Take extra care if you’re working with spalted wood. You don’t want to get those active fungal spores in your lungs, so always wear at least a mask, if not a respirator.
Absolutely, thank you so much for your comment 👍
Beginner here.
How dangerous are the spores? Must one clean/disinfect the shop and change clothes after working with spalted wood?
Does the workpiece need anything done to it to kill/neutralize spores, especially pieces that people will touch (cabinet/drawer fronts) or eat from (cutting boards, serving trays)?
@liuj88 workshop air quality is very important. Sawdust can cause respiratory problems even without spores, and that can vary between different wood species. I remove the sawdust regularly and wash my clothes normally. I appreciate your comments
@@TallgrassWorkshop
Thank you.
Do you do anything to the pieces that will touch food?
@liuj88 I would Poly it to enrich the grain and contrast. I wouldn't worry if the food had a peel, shell or wrapper (like candy) 🤔 I wouldn't drink soup from it😉
A Microwave works much faster. cook till you see steam starting and let cool. repeat until there is no weight loss in the piece. the longer you cook at one time will darken the rings more. takes two days or about 8 or 9 cooks
Thank you for your comment, but I'm a little confused 🤔 the bag full of sawdust was to infuse Fungi into the wood piece and create zone lines, not a method to dry it. That process would come later👌
@@TallgrassWorkshop I put my pieces in the Microwave to dry them out. I found the longer I leave it running the more intense zone lines are. Even when there is no fungi, zone lines show up. Kind of fake burn/fungi lines. By accident I turned a very light colored yellow cedar burl in a very aged dark fungi piece.
Thank you for clarifying, I totally get it now👍 you have spurred my interest and I love learning new things. This method will be in my future. Thanks again
@@TallgrassWorkshop The timing in the microwave changes to how moist the wood is. I would start with a piece you would not mind destroying. If left in to long, the center will burn and turn to dust. Start with 1 minute on high. Let cool for 20 minutes. Have fun with it and I am looking forward to watching more videos from you. OH,,,,, And I would not do this in the Kitchen, again..... Some wood can be very pungent and the wife will be upset you for days. Bin there, done that. Cost me a few days in the dog house and a new microwave. Up side is I have a Microwave in the shop now. :)
Thanks for warning, I'm definitely going to try
That's pretty cool. Thanks.
@@MG-vo7is thanks for watching and your comment 👍
Never though about it. A person always learn something new. Thanks
Thanks for watching and your comment, and I agree with you 100%👌
Love this video. Subscribed!
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Great information good sir
Thanks for watching
I’m pretty sure the pear tree I trimmed and left in my wood pile was spalting naturally as it dried. Unfortunately it was also being attacked by grubs and other winged creatures which flew out while I was turning 😮
@Smithhands2727 I like to check my 🪵 wood pile regularly or walk in the woods looking for it naturally occurring. I use to hate the grub holes, now I just embrace them as part of Mother Nature's cycle of the wood 🤔and its relationship with the Forrest. It can make for some unique pieces and surprises inside. Lately I've been deep freezing my blanks instead of using heat for such critters. Thanks for watching 👍
Thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching, love your content, just subscribed👍
I have seen wood like that before, and liked the look 👍 but had no clue that you could actually reproduce that look on different types of wood . Great video enjoyed it . But I would like to know how long does it take to create the pattern in your shop ???
Thanks, there's lots of variables so it hard to give you a straight answer. 1 to 3 months is a good range though. How active the Fungi spores are, the moisture content in the wood and or the plastic bag. Fresh cut wood has worked best for me. Fruit and nut bearing trees work better than most, but Oak, Maple and Sycamore have also been real successful for me. I usually put multiple species of wood in the bag together. There's alot of information On line about it too. Good luck🪵
How long would you leave it in the bag roughly? Days, weeks or months? Realise it will vary from piece to piece so just roughly thanks
I've had Spalting occurring in as little of 2 weeks, but not really pentatrating the wood much. And your right it varies with species of wood. To answer your question, on average 1 month and up to 2 on stubborn ones. Thanks for watching
So over the cool Florida winter should be long enough.
@MKD-fe5vf yes, since there's alot of variables, you can check on it now and then
I'm definitely going to try this method.
It's fun, Sycamore and Maple are my favorites, but it has worked with all that I tried. I've used chainsaw dust and sawmill dust too. White Rot Fungi is everywhere if you look. I turned some great candlesticks from the bottom row of some stacked Oak firewood 👍
@@TallgrassWorkshop nice. Have you tried cedar? I have Hickory, Post Oak and Blackjack Oak on my place.
Because I live in Florida, I'm limited to certain hardwoods, but it has worked with every Oak. That log i cut in the video is Live Oak. Most fruit, nut and citrus varieties have worked well. Australia Pine (she oak) and Norfolk Island Pine will work. Our climate here is perfect for wood decaying Fungi. If a log lays on the ground around here, it doesn't take long. It will occur anywhere if the conditions are right.
@@TallgrassWorkshop awesome
Another way is, orange and black beetles. You see one, put it on the tree you wish to cut later. Give it a year or 2, harvest tree, cut boards and be amazed
That's interesting, I have a couple of buddies with tree services that bring me logs from distressed trees involving insects or disease and your right, there are some amazing transformations and color to the wood. Thank you for commenting and sharing with others. I'm 🤔always learning
That's really cool! I honestly had no idea that's where spalted wood comes from.
Thanks, trying to explain stuff and talking to a camera still feels weird to me. Online there's more information about it and goes into greater detail. Thanks for watching and the comment 😉👍
Music is to loud, but the spalted wood is great, I have logs in my poly tunnel Sitting on the ground, i’ve been there for about 6 to 8 months, I will start to dry them this year ready for turning next year, and will be using resin as well,
Thank you for the comment, my channel is new and my editing needs to be better, but I'm working it out🤔 We do a little bit of everything in the workshop, including resin. We're not an expert on anything, but are learning new things daily 👌 thanks again
@@TallgrassWorkshop good luck for the future,
I have a spot on my property where I just toss a piece of wood for a couple of months and it gets spalted.
That makes it real easy😉👍 same here in Florida. Wood decaying Fungi will start growing on anything laying directly on the ground. In an arid climate, the trash bag method could work for someone 🪵 thanks for watching and commenting
@@TallgrassWorkshop Yeah, I'm in the southern shore of New England. It's almost as humid and hot as Orlando during summer, at least it was last summer. But winters do get real dry. We get all the snowbirds move up here for the summer.
It's all good, they flock down here in the winter 😅🤣😂
If you put yogurt in a dish and stand the log in it for several weeks outside. Then bring it in and dry it out.
I've heard of putting yogurt on new statues to give them an old patina look, but never with wood 🤔 Fungi works in mysterious ways😉
Мужчина..а у Вас борода в чашку с кофе не попадает? 🤔😂
No, but it's been dipped into a resin table twice😅🤣😂
Great video, Tallgrass. I split an 8' elm log down the length so when it dried it wouldn't split so badly. Then put the log halves face down just an inch above the lawn. It took two years to get a good spalt, so this method would be good for larger pieces, but the bag with sawdust takes the cake. Thanks from Canada.
Thanks, giving Fungi a perfect place to live along with a fresh cut piece of wood is always a fun experiment 🤓 for me. Surrounding it with sawdust that already contains the Fungi just speeds things up. Sometimes extra moisture is needed to start things happening, i use a spray bottle👌Thanks for watching and commenting
This is great. Thanks for this video. I will be trying this soon. About how long does this take?
Fresh cut wood seems to work a little faster for me. When I use dryer wood, I spray it down with water to help activate the fungus. Depending on how much Fungi is present within the sawdust, and the conditions are right, it can be as soon as a couple of weeks for things to start happening. The longer you leave it, the further it will penatrate the wood.
What kind of a time period are talking about here. 6 months a year ? You give no time frame. The effects will make a nice pen.
1 to 3 months depending on lots of variables
@@TallgrassWorkshop Thank you
Will it get rid of that annoying music too?
I don't know, but thank you for the comment. It helps with the algorithm 👍
How do you. Stop the fungus.From developing further once you have carried out you process .
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That's a great question, all the spalted wood I have has never changed once the moisture was removed Sealed or unsealed. I usually wax, oil or poly my projects. Thanks for watching and the comment
@@TallgrassWorkshop
Beginner here.
Is spalted wood food-safe, for use as cutting boards, serving trays, etc.? I assume a poly finish encapsulates all the fungus/spores, but are there alternative methods/finishes that can make spalted wood safe?
Or is spalted wood safe even with no finish or any special procedure done to it?
@liuj88 those are some of the most debatable questions on any woodworking forum. All wood surfaces are porous and need to be sealed if they make contact with food. Mantinence and care of such surfaces are equally important. They're many variables to consider, including food type. "Food Safe" is a very subjective term. If the Fungi doesn't get you, the bacteria might. There's alot of information out there on this topic and you can never do enough research 👍
What would have been an interesting & imformative video spoilt by the music.
If I want to watch a music video, then I watch a music video.
If I want to watch a woodturning video then I expect a woodturning video, not one with irritating music.
Thank you for your feed back, it will help me make better content in the future.
@@TallgrassWorkshop It's a pleasure.
You need to speak up or turn the music down.
Thanks for your comment, your going to really like my next one👍
I agree. ☝️
I think we can all agree, I could of done better
Thanks for the tip 👍
A helpful hint, hit the CC (captions) on videos like this and it really helps. 👍😃👍
Interesting? Absolutely
Informative? Afraid not. I learned that there IS spalted wood, but I'm no farther ahead where making it is concerned.
I'm glad you found it interesting, it's too bad my explanation on how to make it was insufficient for you.
Honestly it’s pretty humiliating that you are not both a very talented wood worker AND a professional video editor. Next time you make a video on YOUR page make sure you consider everyone else’s hearing and attention capabilities.
You can please some of the people some of the time 🤔 but you can't please all the people all of the time😉
Honestly, I'm surprised you have not learned to use subtitles. They are silent. It is rude to insult a content provider. A private message would be more professional. KAREN
Very cool!
Thank you very much