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Spalting 101: The Ultimate Guide to Coloring Wood with Fungi

Spalting 101: The Ultimate Guide to Coloring Wood with Fungi

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Stop pouring beer on your wood Take your spalting time from years to hours in this detailed DIY guide to spalting wood. No more beer, mayonnaise, leaves, and blind hope. Instead, this guide gives you the specific instructions you need for successfully inducing spalting in wood. Learn how to get amazing colors and lines while minimizing time and decay, whether you're working with green to dry timber, with inside conditions or out, with zone lines or pigment, and more. A basic explanation of wood structure and fungal anatomy explains the whys behind the transformations. Next, learn the different types of spalting, their temperature/moisture content preferences and their time frames, and how to make your own fungal pigments. This comprehensive guide debunks myths and offers detailed guidelines for every type of spalting, including laboratory-level spalting in just one hour.

Author: Seri C. Robinson
Publisher: Schiffer Craft
Published: 01/28/2021
Pages: 128
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9780764360893
ISBN10: 0764360892
BISAC Categories:
- Crafts & Hobbies | Woodwork | General
- Science | Life Sciences | Mycology
- Crafts & Hobbies | Nature Crafts
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