[Woodcarver] Removing chips while carving

[harry hadadi]

it was basswood, a small piece i got from the states a
year ago. the stain suddenly appeared. very strange ,
i started carving, put it on the side for a while next
day the stains were there.
harry

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> > you would not happen to know why i got some weird

> > purpleish looking stains on a small caricature i

> was

> > carving. they just seemed to get darker with time.

> > and all in the same region of the wood nowhere

> else?

> >

> > harry

> 

> Harry,

>  Is the wood is linden (limewood)?  Was the stain

> already in the wood, or

> did it suddenly appear?  Linden gets a fungus called

> bluestain when it stays

> moist for a long time after being harvested.  That

> could already have been

> in the wood.  Otherwise, I'm not sure what caused

> that.  There are so many

> variables, type of wood, how it was dried, what it

> was exposed to along the

> way, that it is impossible to pinpoint the cause

> without much more

> information.

> 

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