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could be moisture build up on the timber. how have you stacked it? did you brush off all excess sawdust before stacking?

 

yup stacked and stickered might be a little bit of sawdust left on it but i would not have thought the tiny amount left on it would affect it. (I brushed the worst of before stacking)

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my very first purchase of green timber was sycamore squares when i first started turning skittles and i had the same problem with a white fuzzy mould growing over most surfaces.

 

i bought a large bottle of dettol and sprayed the lot on and off for the next couple of days, not sure if it's the best thing to do but it worked.

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Surley if its beech just let the mould grow as ,I am sure thats what causes it to spalt , and spalted beech is much cooler , to look at well thats what I think , other people may want just plain boards , but If I have mould on beech I tend to just leave it never had any probs , but make sure you have a bloody good dust mask on when first sanding it , I have an airshield pro best 200quid ever spent well almost

Cheers Mark

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i can't do that as i am turning skittles and spalted timber is really light and weak compared to clean timber. i need beech and sycamore that is solid and reliable.

 

i turned one set a few weeks ago and they were spalted as it was the last i had of beech that's dry so i turned it.

 

as you can see, they are not the most spalted timber but spalted they are and they have failed with large chips being knocked off the ends...

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