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[Walnut Beast]

Black walnut sap wood for stickers ? I'm thinking not a good choice. But I want your opinion. Thanks

[doc henderson]

I have had sap wood with quite a bit of color.  I think @YellowHammer and others have talked about steaming walnut to blend the color.  I have had sap wood be white next to the darker heartwood.  so, I think a very light sapwood could be used with walnut, but since there may be some color in it, not with maple, poplar, or other very light to white wood. 

[doc henderson]

I have often used outer boards, to cut stickers from the same log I am cutting.  not had any trouble, even if wet.  



 

all walnut sapwood bowl.  



 

 

other walnut with sapwood and varying color to the lighter wood.

[doc henderson]

I have used dark walnut stickers on walnut heartwood.  

[doc henderson]

Drying and Processing / save, saw, sweep, stack, sticker, secure, and dry one log at a time
 « on: March 24, 2019, 04:16:58 PM »

[Walnut Beast]

I know bugs like the sap wood and it is more prone to moving so didn't know if it would be a good choice

[beenthere]

Should work as good as any wood, especially if dry. Might have questionable results if stickers were green.

[Walnut Beast]

Thanks. Looks I'll saw them up into stickers 👍

[YellowHammer]

I've never done it.  I can run and blend walnut colors fairly easily across the heartwood and sapwood, the walnut sap likes to bleed.  If you keep the temps cool it shouldn't be a problem, but I wouldn't use a sticker that had heartwood in it against any white wood.  

[doc henderson]

Happy birthday Robert!!!   8) 8) 8)

[Al_Smith]

It's been a while but I went around to the lumber yards and got dunnage boards for free that I cut into stickers .Had a couple paper barrels full at one time and a small mountain of saw dust .