Worth even keeping to clean up?

dafunk010601 · April 09, 2018, 01:34:01 PM

Before I begin, I want to apologize for the crummy picture. This is a picture of a Cypress knee that I got yesterday. Over all height is 59 &1/2" The base is basically a 30" x 30". The problem is not the main knee (there are 5 more that grew out of the main one) it is the smaller ones. The bark is very tough on these parts. From all the research that I have done it seems that boiling the bark for a while is a great method. But, I can't do that. The knee is too big. I was thinking of taking a garbage can can filling it with water just soaking the knee for a while. This leads me to why I am here. Does anyone know how long I should let it soak for? 24 hours, a week? How long is too long? I don't want to ruin the piece as I know there is a very good chance I will never see another one this size again. I wish you all could really see the color changes in this knee. it even has a spot I am going to put some Spanish moss in and a stuffed squirrel coming out of it. It really is just beautiful. Hence my worry about soaking it. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank You in advance.