SALT WOOD LOGS BURN!

[minesmoria]

There is a log sort here on the coast, some of the logs are dumped in the ocean before grading the logs they then move the logs on land.

I can get lots of free reject logs that have been sitting on land for a a few years, it rains a lot here i would think if there was any salt on them it would get washed away over a 2 year time frame.


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[Todd]

I would guess they are probably ok if the logs have been on land for a couple of years. Is there any white salt like residue on them?

 

[minesmoria]

I dont notice any white spots looks like regular wood, the whole logs have not been in the ocean very long a few weeks tops.

These logs are not the grey colored beachd logs that have been drifting in the ocean for years.

I dont think the salt gets inside the center of the log.

The logs are big hemlock massive balsm and some yellow ceder.

 

[webbie]

There is a log sort here on the coast, some of the logs are dumped in the ocean before grading the logs they then move the logs on land.

I can get lots of free reject logs that have been sitting on land for a a few years, it rains a lot here i would think if there was any salt on them it would get washed away over a 2 year time frame.


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I would suspect that these are OK, whereas usual driftwood is not - the high salt content will corrode a steel stove over time....but whole logs in the ocean for a short while and on land awhile afterwards should not have a high salt content.

 

[Shane]

Too bad there's not a salt meter. Perhaps you could lick a log or two to determine the salt content.

 

[Corey]

Too bad there's not a salt meter. Perhaps you could lick a log or two to determine the salt content.

Actually, there is somewhat...

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Salt test strips could be as close as your local pool and spa store. You could probably soak some bark or small splinters/sawdust in water, then take a reading. But then that brings up the question of "what is an OK salt level" and what is "too high". I would have to vote with everyone else that if it has only been in the water for a few weeks, probably nothing to worry about.

Corey

 

[Sundeep Arole]

I'd just take a small sample log from that wood and burn it. If it has any measurable amount of salt, you will get a characteristic bright yellow-orange flame of sodium.

A lot of my logs generate a bright green flame when burned - I can only suspect they have a high copper content. How, I don't know.

 

[minesmoria]

The salt strips are on there way i will soak some bark and wood in water and sees what it says.

If you lick the wood it does not taste like salt, the odd time i get a bright yellow flame but not blue why?

I would say its just the out side of the log that gets the salt then most of it gets washed away over time on land.