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  2. Ammonia fuming - Wikipedia

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    Fumed oak choir stalls at Clonfert Cathedral, Ireland. Ammonia fuming is a wood finishing process that darkens wood and brings out the grain pattern. It consists of exposing the wood to fumes from a strong aqueous solution of ammonium hydroxide which reacts with the tannins in the wood.

  3. Wood stain - Wikipedia

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    Applying stains can be very easy or very difficult depending on the type of substrate, type of stain, and the ambient conditions. Fresh, "green" lumber accepts stain poorly, while aged wood absorbs stains relatively well. Porosity of wood can vary greatly, even within the same piece of wood. End grain and bias-cut grain are far more absorbent ...

  4. List of black walnut diseases - Wikipedia

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    Walnut bunch Phytoplasma organism White mold Microstroma juglandis: White trunk rot Phellinus igniarius: Wood decay Schizophyllum commune Hypochnicium vellereum Trametes versicolor Phellinus gilvus Peniophora cinerea Hericium coralloides. Zonate leaf spot Grovesinia pyramidalis

  5. Juglans hindsii - Wikipedia

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    Juglans hindsii, commonly called the Northern California black walnut and Hinds's black walnut, is a species of walnut tree native to the western United States (California and Oregon). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is commonly called claro walnut by the lumber industry and woodworkers, and is the subject of some confusion over its being used as ...

  6. Burl - Wikipedia

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    Large burl on a spruce tree at Denali State Park, Alaska. A burl results from a tree undergoing some form of stress.It may be caused by an injury, virus or fungus. [3] Most burls grow beneath the ground, attached to the roots as a type of malignancy that is generally not discovered until the tree dies or falls over.

  7. Juglans nigra - Wikipedia

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    Juglans nigra, the eastern American black walnut, is a species of deciduous tree in the walnut family, Juglandaceae, native to central and eastern North America, growing mostly in riparian zones. Black walnut is susceptible to thousand cankers disease , which provoked a decline of walnut trees in some regions.

  8. Walnut ink - Wikipedia

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    The black walnut Juglans nigra is usually used. The ink may be liquid or made of crystals that are mixed with water before use. It can be used to produce stains and darken paper to make it look older. The ink has good archival properties. [1] An ancient use of walnut ink was to stain the hands of criminals in Romani communities. Once stained ...

  9. Wood shingle - Wikipedia

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    A section view of a type of wood shingle. Wood shingles Fiber cement siding and shake shingles under the gable roof. Wood shingles are thin, tapered pieces of wood primarily used to cover roofs and walls of buildings to protect them from the weather.