Driftwood Kitchen Table

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Cleaning Driftwood Making it Available for Carving
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There are few things that must be done to bring
the driftwood piece into a condition that will
allow the piece to be comfortably transformed
into a functional piece. First steps to
driftwood preparation The driftwood is brushed
carefully to loosen sand, dirt and moss from the
piece. You can involve the brushings also.
Sometimes, a situation may arise when you will
have to use smaller brushes to get hold of the
open grain, cracks, naturally found in the
driftwood. This step is not enough to make your
piece of wood ready to be converted to your
driftwood kitchen. There are some more steps to
follow. Drying driftwood The climate of a hot
desert suits the best for drying a driftwood
piece. The constant breeze and the temperature
allow the airflow to penetrate and circulate
through the wood drying it completely. Although,
it is not essential to expose the piece of
driftwood to hot sun, but doing so will give
additional benefits. The prior part is enabling
the wood to get a good air circulation.
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Bleaching driftwood Driftwood pieces you find
are dark colored due to the water and dirt stains
on them. Household bleach is added to a few
gallons of water, dipping the wood piece into the
solution in a shallow pan. Ensure damping all the
surfaces of the piece with the bleaching
solution. If in case, the piece becomes larger in
size than the container, you can mop on with a
rag or paint on the solution with a brush. Hot
desert climate processing advantage This hot
weather along with bleaching helps a lot in
killing any kind of germs or creatures in the
wood. Exposing the wood in the hot sun for a few
days will ensure a perfect and clean piece of
driftwood, to be used to make some of your
preferred kitchen furniture like the driftwood
dining table. Along with this the sun carries on
bleaching too, making the piece of wood lighter.