Black walnut sap wood for stickers ? I'm thinking not a good choice. But I want your opinion. Thanks
I have had sap wood with quite a bit of color. I think @YellowHammer (https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=11488) 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.
I have often used outer boards, to cut stickers from the same log I am cutting. not had any trouble, even if wet.
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all walnut sapwood bowl.
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other walnut with sapwood and varying color to the lighter wood.
I have used dark walnut stickers on walnut heartwood.
Drying and Processing (https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?board=8.0) / save, saw, sweep, stack, sticker, secure, and dry one log at a time (https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?topic=105726.msg1646583#msg1646583)
« on: March 24, 2019, 04:16:58 PM »
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
Should work as good as any wood, especially if dry. Might have questionable results if stickers were green.
Thanks. Looks I'll saw them up into stickers 👍
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.
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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 .