driftwood

[forsaken]

Found some nice pieces of diftwood from the beach. instead of spending $40 for one i figured i could just clean a piece. Can i just clean it? and if so how? Do i bleach it or something? and how do i get them to sink, can i soak them in water for a few days until it becomes waterloged and sinks?

 

[coeus]

boil it ^^

(metal trash can and a bond fire for a bigger piece)

 

[forsaken]

could i freeze it instead? my parents arent gonna let me have a bonfre and a metal trash can to boil water

 

[Deaths Sting]

could i freeze it instead? my parents arent gonna let me have a bonfre and a metal trash can to boil water

lol

take a bath with it then..bring a potato scrubber.

however, if u don't have a fetish for wood u could always get a bucket with an air tight lid and put the wood in their with boiling water. the air tight lid will keep it boiling for a while. make sure u have a good lid and bucket.

^ i did this with my wood. worked like a charm!

but u have to do it many many times.

 

[forsaken]

can u give me an example? cause i dont have to many air tight buckets in my house cant i just poor boiling water on it? cause its about 3 feet tall. and are we talking about cleaning it or getting to to sink?

 

[forsaken]

nvm i heard u have to boil it forever and put it in water for weeks and on top of that it usaully still turns the water brown

 

[sushiray]

nvm i heard u have to boil it forever and put it in water for weeks and on top of that it usaully still turns the water brown

yeah, I was going to say that also. even if you did go thru the hassle & all the foreign buggers are deceased & if does get to sink, you may encounter rotting & that will mess up your water.

well worth spending $20 for 12-18" piece that has already been "conditioned"

 

[Matt724]

Don't use pieces from the beach because it will have salt content up it's ass and getting all that stuff out is going to be a royal pain. plus beaches and their waters aren't the cleanest places on our planet. I'd just spend a few bucks on a conditioned piece of wood, but bear in mind you still have to boil it because it will still leech tannins.

 

[kevbc03]

I have pieces of driftwood that I found from Lake Erie beach. I've been using those 4 pieces for roughly 2 years now, and all I had to do was soak it for a day or 2 with hot water. That's it.
Everything has worked out fine.

 

[sd760]

i have 2 10 inch pieces that i rinsed off that i found in nor cal and put them directly in with my sa. nothing happend