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10sne1
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# Posted: 31 Jul 2013 10:28pm
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Rough cut pine, need help cureing? Need help
I and my wife have a problem. We have worked hard wiring and insulating and A/C a shed to make as a hunt shack. We picked up 80 pieces of rough cut pine from a mill, to panel the inside of the shed. But the pine was a bit moldy, the lumber yard said to brush off mold then bleach. We did this yesterday. Dried in the sun And was able to instal 3 of the four walls with pine. We realized it was to rain today so we stored the unused pine in the shed last night. This morning the mold was back on the unused boards. Not happy we called the mill, they told us the lumber was not able to be installed as it was green. The mill knew we were going to install ASAP. So!
We have now removed all our work from the walls of the shed and resprayed, with bleach top and bottom of each board and stacked under our carport with stickers at each end and middle.
We are tired, very tired and hope the pine will be OK to work with in a few months? Thank you for any thoughts? Will the wood be usable or are we wasting more time waiting for it to cure? Thanks for your help.
Feel free to e-mail me. Grasslands10spro@msn.com ,Tomm from central Florida. Building in Georgia
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fpw
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# Posted: 1 Aug 2013 08:44am
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I use rough cut green wood for many projects. However, to install you have account for shrinkage. The only way to do this is to install the boards and then put batons over the seems. This will cover the gaps that form when the boards shrink. I use 6" boards and 3" batons. You can do this either inside or outside.
Sounds like you have the boards stacked properly to dry. You can speed this up by bringing the boards to someone that has a kiln.
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Truecabin
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# Posted: 1 Aug 2013 12:22pm
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bleach again and dry the boards as best you can then cover the stack with a tarp and put a small fan to blow for 3 weeks under the tarp and so it blows thru the stack. just that the air is always moving you need to blow away the moisture as it comes out to the surface of the wood
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10sne1
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# Posted: 2 Aug 2013 03:26pm
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Thanks for your thoughts. Understand shrinkage, not a problem. But mold and drying are my concern. They are in natures hands, we'll check them in a few months when we get ap chance to return to Ga.
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bobbotron
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# Posted: 15 Aug 2013 06:17pm
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TSP the heck outta those boards after bleaching. I've read you can mix bleach and tsp but I'm not sure if that is accurate.
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bobbotron
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# Posted: 15 Aug 2013 06:17pm
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There are also wood cleaning products for new/old wood. I've used some Bher stuff before that's a mild acid with good results!
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10sne1
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# Posted: 25 Sep 2013 02:42pm
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D Day is approaching. My wife is headed back to Ga. And get a look at the wood curing under the carport. She will take a moisture meter to see how much moisture is still in the wood? What moisture content is OK to hang this wood in the cabin? What is TSP? We are ready to finish this project, but think it may need more time and wait till Dec. time will tell.
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MtnDon
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# Posted: 25 Sep 2013 05:29pm
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For interior use wood is best when dried down to 10% or less; down to 6 to 7% for best results. General construction wood should be 12 - 15%.
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rockies
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# Posted: 25 Sep 2013 07:07pm
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I watch Holmes on Homes here in Canada and they say for surface mold to never use bleach, just soap and water. There are products that can clean mold and pull the dirt out of the wood too, but the main problem will be whether the boards twist and warp as they dry. Depending on what part of the tree the board came out of the wood (especially softwoods) can cup, twist or bend. It can take several weeks for wood to dry properly, and if it is installed still wet the water has to go somewhere and you might get mold inside your wall cavity.
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MtnDon
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# Posted: 25 Sep 2013 07:25pm - Edited by: MtnDon
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Quoting: rockies I watch Holmes on Homes here in Canada and they say for surface mold to never use bleach,
Exactly correct!! The main thing that the bleach does is bleach the color out of the mold. Chlorine bleach is real good at that! You can't see it and think it is gone.....
Hopefully the wood has been stored with stickers between layers and has had ventilation.
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