Spanish Cedar
 

Has anyone had issues with tannins bleeding-through Spanish Cedar. I haven' t built much with it but I have a fresh board of the stuff.

s. cedar
 

Eric,

Some of the problems associated with s.c. are not from tannin, but rather the resin running after machining. The kiln temps used to dry the stock are not high to "set" the resin and some bleeding may occur. I would suggest micro waving pieces for plugs to a temp of 180-200 to fix the resins.... smelly procedure though. A wash coat of thinnned epoxy has worked for me on milled stock, but have noticed the bleed through on the opposite side.

Ed

Thank you very much, Ed. I'll try your suggestions and post the results
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spanish cedar
 

Eric,

If you use a thinned epoxy use acetone as a thinner 60-40 epoxy to thinner. The acetone will delay setting time to usually 48 hrs, but DO Not use this indoors and make sure to avoid the fumes.

Ed