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Old 12-19-2012, 07:54 PM   #4
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Re: Thermally Modified Wood

I'm just learning about it. I have heard of bringing woods to Cellular Collapse in Kiln drying to make them less prone to swelling/bowing/warping. Maybe this is the same process. The question is does this process improve the characteristics of readily available North American hardwoods to the point where they can match Oily Tropical Hardwoods resistance to Salt Water intrusion and rot. Imagine if we could use Maple, etc. etc. with the same characteristics of Teak. Or imagine if this process were used on Teak, Padauk, other Tropical Oily Hardwoods... we could have a Superwood..
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