Will Dead Stacked White/Yellow Cedar Stain?

[pnyberg]

I milled a bunch of cedar for a customer today, and will be going back tomorrow to do a bunch more. 

I'm not sure of the exact species, but there's no red in it.  The color is mostly yellowish.  The outer most inch or so under the bark is closer to white.

The customer plans to use the wood out doors, or in an unheated barn he's having built (in non-structural applications).  He's inclined to not being worried about drying the lumber, but I told him that without sticker stacking, he's very likely to get staining of one sort or another.  Am I right, or can he leave it dead stacked until he's ready to use it?

Thanks,

    --Peter

[red oaks lumber]

he needs to sticker the wood, it will have all sorts of white mold, and fungus growing.

[Magicman]

I even recommend stickering dead ERC that I saw because there is still moisture in the log.  Bad things won't happen if it's stickered.  It might if it's not.  Why chance ruining good lumber?

[SwampDonkey]

Probably Atlantic, but could be northern white, although I have never seen yellow heartwood. Yellow tends to be cypressy.

[pnyberg]

Thanks guys, it's good to know that I was giving the customer the right advice.

The yellowish color faded to close to white after it had been exposed to air for a while.

--Peter