How to tell your wood is dry enough........

[woodchip]

You know it's seasoned when there are fossils coming out of it......... ;-)

 

[gzecc]

Is that real or a reproduction?

 

[WoodpileOCD]

Yea, but petrified wood is hard to get started. ;-)

 

[woodchip]

Is that real or a reproduction?

Some fossils were reproduced by our local museum to raise funds a couple of years ago.

The wood is actually older than the fossil

 

[Backwoods Savage]

We also have a fossil on hearth.com. Is he seasoned?

 

[woodchip]

Have they been cut and split............ ;-)

 

[bogydave]

We also have a fossil on hearth.com. Is he seasoned?

Seasoned for many years, dry is the real question :lol: LOL

 

[pen]

Did you try the bubble test? Dawn soap on one end and seeing if you can blow air through it to make bubbles? Then you'll know if it's really seasoned or not.

pen

 

[woodchip]

If my wife saw me trying to kiss some firewood I suspect she might have something to say about it ;-)

 

[firefighterjake]

If my wife saw me trying to kiss some firewood I suspect she might have something to say about it ;-)

My wife has caught me smelling my wood . . . on more than one occasion . . . and I had a lot of explaining to do.

 

[Shari]

Did you try the bubble test? Dawn soap on one end and seeing if you can blow air through it to make bubbles? Then you'll know if it's really seasoned or not.

pen

Now just wait & see - someone's going to try this.

 

[pen]

Did you try the bubble test? Dawn soap on one end and seeing if you can blow air through it to make bubbles? Then you'll know if it's really seasoned or not.

pen

Now just wait & see - someone's going to try this.

Pics are required!

pen

 

[BrotherBart]

Did you try the bubble test? Dawn soap on one end and seeing if you can blow air through it to make bubbles? Then you'll know if it's really seasoned or not.

pen

Now just wait & see - someone's going to try this.

Pics are required!

pen

Tom the Chimneysweeponline even gave the method a name. The Satchmo.

http://chimneysweeponline.com/howooddryness.htm

My 2007 tune:



THE ANSWER IS BLOWIN’ IN THE END (With no apolgies whatsoever to Bob Dylan)

How many years must firewood dry
Before it is ready burn
Yes, ‘n’, how many months must white oak lay
Before it reaches its turn
Yes, ‘n’ how many days must Elm splits bask
Before they are up to the task
The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the end
The answer is blowin’ in the end.

 

[Shari]

Did you try the bubble test? Dawn soap on one end and seeing if you can blow air through it to make bubbles? Then you'll know if it's really seasoned or not.

pen

Now just wait & see - someone's going to try this.

Pics are required!

pen

Tom the Chimneysweeponline even gave the method a name. The Satchmo.

http://chimneysweeponline.com/howooddryness.htm

My 2007 tune:



THE ANSWER IS BLOWIN’ IN THE END (With no apolgies whatsoever to Bob Dylan)

How many years must firewood dry
Before it is ready burn
Yes, ‘n’, how many months must white oak lay
Before it reaches its turn
Yes, ‘n’ how many days must Elm splits bask
Before they are up to the task
The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the end
The answer is blowin’ in the end.

Imbibing in a little holiday cheer a little early? :lol:

 

[Battenkiller]

For a guy like me who's been caught licking the ends of his hickory splits to taste the sweet sap, the "Satchmo" method would go largely unnoticed. Unless it was white oak, in which case I would call it the "Dizzy" method.

 

[NH_Wood]

If my wife saw me trying to kiss some firewood I suspect she might have something to say about it ;-)

My wife has caught me smelling my wood . . . on more than one occasion . . . and I had a lot of explaining to do.

I bet! :cheese: