Thanks to all who answered my questions about mulberry a couple weeks ago. I've turned a few bowls and noticed that the yellow seems to disappear fairly quickly. Is this the way of this wood? Not that I mind all that much as free wood is good wood and some of the grain patterns have been rather attractive.
The mulberry wood
Jul 05, 2006
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Not in my experience, Kevin... but there are probably several types of mulberry..
The ones that I've turned recently are the same yellow and white as the ones that I turned in may and june, and the branches aren't sealed or anything, just sitting out in the *$!&#^ sun.. Mac
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Hi Kevin
I have turned many bowls etc from Mulberry, I do like the wood, while it can be finicky to dry without splitting, it has a nice shimmer to it and as it gets older the turned wood does get a very nice dark honey golden color.
As for changing color, there is probably a difference between the Mulberry species.
The Mulberry genus contains about 10 species about 4 are native including Osage Orange and then there are introduced species, over here in Ontario I have turned red, white and Osage, al these change color slowly over time and are impossible to tell apart by looking at the color only.
They turn nice when still green wood, the sap wood and inside bark is stringy, all get hard when dried.
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Have fun and take care Leo Van Der Loo
Kev> Thanks to all who answered my questions about mulberry a couple weeks ago.
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