Green wood. Vacuum impregnation instead of drying

[Alejanders]

Green wood. Vacuum impregnation instead of drying.

There was an old malus (apple tree) stub on my wife's country home yard.
I sawed down that tree 3 or 4 years ago and stub was in the ground, under sun, rain and snow.

Abouth a month ago I have digged out that stub, clean it and cut on two pieces. I and found very beautyful texture.

Wood was wet through. As you know, it is not easy to dry malus without cracks.


I have cut piece on pen blanks, and with my vaccuum station impregnated wood with boiled linseed oil.

Wood becomes darker (wood before - small cubes on left side). And for about a week got no cracks and no curves (except a little curveness, that happens before impregnating).


So, I think, BLO vacuum impregnationg is a fast and good alternative to drying (because water leaves wood under vacuum with air and drying oil stabilizes wood).
I am right? Or I just spoiled spalted malus?

 

[snyiper]

I imagine you could also use alcohol and it would dissapaite before turning. BLO may make it hard to apply finish.

 

[dgelnett]

Your picture looks very interesting. It reminds me of the wooden ship in a bottle. But you have pen blanks in a bottle, inside of another bottle. I am assuming the outer bottle has the bottom cut off.
I use the soaking in denature alcohol (DA) and then leave it in a paper bag for a week or two. I always thought the DA would help to kill any bugs or fungus that may be still alive.

 

[Alejanders]

Outer plastic bottle and bowl - that's a safety measure.

Is it necessary to use DA to kill bugs and fungus?

 

[Alejanders]

And there is a pen from one of those blanks.