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- Drying and oiling tree slices - Tips & Tricks
- Dry with patience or in the drying chamber
- Grind and oil dried tree slice - How to do it right
- Tips
For a tree slice to stay beautiful for a long time, it should first be dried and then treated
Drying and oiling tree slices - Tips & Tricks
A nice tree slice is too good a place to end up as firewood. With a little skill she transforms into a decorative coaster, a rustic snack bar or a rustic table top. Proper surface treatment ensures that the wood disc does not break, last for a long time and shine with elegant luster. This guide explains how to do it.
Dry with patience or in the drying chamber
A freshly cut tree slice is only suitable for further use when the proportion of wood moisture is 10 to 20 percent. Grinding and lubricating wet or even wet wood is doomed to failure because the pores are not receptive. To dry a tree disc, the following options are available:
Outdoor drying requires a pedestal made of stone or concrete as storage space. For the air to circulate, the distance to the ground should be about 50 cm.
Grind and oil dried tree slice - How to do it right
The dried tree disc is ready for a professional surface treatment. The goal is first to smooth the wood surface, and then apply a nourishing oil. How to grind and oil properly:
On the smooth surface, apply the wood oil with a soft brush. Oil the tree disc repeatedly until no more wood oil seeps into the pores. After waiting for 30 minutes, remove the remaining oil with a soft cloth. Then the wooden disc should dry for at least 8 hours. The next day, sand lightly over the wood with a 240 grit and oil the surface again.
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Impregnated wooden discs are perfect for close-to-nature coverage of tree discs. Well suited are the slices of thick logs, which are cut to a thickness of 7 to 8 cm. A sandbed is sufficient as a substructure for laying. The interstices can be filled with ornamental gravel or bark mulch.