Sterilizing extra large driftwood?

[xEchOx]

How do you guys sterilize extra large pieces of driftwood that you found by the river/lake? Smaller pieces you can boil, but what about like a large stump, or a long branch?

 

[phillydog1958]

get a hose and scrub brush. take the wood outside and work it good.

 

[Fat Homer]

I've heard of people baking large pieces in the oven to help sterilize wood... but not sure at what temps and how long though...

 

[xEchOx]

I've heard of that as well... I don't know if I want to stick a big dirty piece of wood into the oven where I cook my dinner though, lol.

Anyone else?

 

[RBE17]

If you have access to a power washer you could use that. You could wire brush it to get the loose stuff off. I've often thought I could take the long stuff and put it in a steel 55g drum filled w/ water and start a fire under it to get it boiling.

 

[xEchOx]

That sounds like a good idea. Manageable as well. Just have to find a 50g drum.

 

[BlackShark11k]

Yep, I scrub them first and then soak them in a 50g drum.

 

[ScatMan]

soak it in a bathtub full of very salty water. use the cheap water softener salt that you can get at the supermarket or home depot.

 

[xDCxSMOKE]

44 gal drum put ya log in then fill her with water and salt if you like then build a fire under it and boil that water my friend

thats how i did a 5 ft peice for a mate was worth the thought and effort he gave me 80 dollers for doing it even thou i said i would do it for free

but for something a bit smaller deffinatly the bath tub and just keep boiling a big pot on the stove top and pooring it in