Mold

[stumpy]

I have a customer that I sawed some Oak and Hickory for. The original plan was that I would saw them and scrape the boards and dead stack them. He would then pick them up in a week and sticker them. Well that was December and some things came up and he was'nt able to pick them up till today. They are still straight, but there is a small amount of mold on them.  He mis stickering them today and we wondered what, if anything, to do with th mold.
Any thoughts???

[getoverit]

a cup of bleach in a gallon of water sprayed over the boards should take care of the mold problem.

[beenthere]

I think I would rinse each board with a mild solution of bleach and water. Either flush it on or dip each board.

Like GOI said - faster

[scsmith42]

Sticker 'em, let them dry, and run them through a planer.

[Den Socling]

I hope the hickory doesn't end up looking like this.



I've had moldy oak that cleaned up with no problem but hickory has been different for me. I bought this from a mill last summer that was stacking with stickers. I didn't even see much mold but ended up with this ugly stain in a lot of the wood.

[dundee]

Den---try giving this mould stain a "whack" of spirit of salts, 60% spirit 40% water, this was given to me by a older fella and it worked for me OK

[Den Socling]

Thanks dundee. I'll try that. But I had to do a google search to find out what the dickens was spirit of salts.   :P Hydrochloric acid.  And diluted with water it's called muriatic acid over and up here.  :D

[dundee]

It's "evil" stuff Den, ---wear a mask and gloves

[beenthere]

I think I would try oxalic acid to try to bleach out the stain. Or just bleach.  IF they don't work, maybe dundee's spirits of salts. 

[Minnesota_boy]

I'd market it as specialty wood, charge double and forget any treatment.  ;D :D

[dundee]

Minnesota _boy---There ya go--us Kiwis would never think of such a marketing ploy, bore a few holes in the stuff as well?, I think you guy's up there call it stressed lumber?

(getting stressed even thinking about it)  ;D

[Minnesota_boy]

Yes, I guess it would stress my wallet too it I were ever to do such a thing.  ;D

[Tony]

      Would I treat pine the same way ??? ???

        Left some out in the rain a couple weeks smiley_whacko   
                        unstickered


                                       Tony : :

[dundee]

Why not Tony?, but again, it all depends as to how deep the mould has penetrated I would imagine, however, if you give it a whack of salts it would definatley knock it for a six

Richard