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What is spalting or spalted beech?

April 26, 2017beech spalted spalting

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What is spalting or spalted beech?

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Spalted timber refers to timber that has gained a pattern of colours and black wavey lines as that start of the process of being decayed by fungi. If the timber is dried, the decay process stops but the colouring remains. This is particularly valued in beech.