How To Season Wood

Pay attention to how you stack your wood.

How to season wood. This process is done to minimize problems when used in woodworking to provide wood warping or to provide less smoke and more uniform combustion when used as firewood. If you leave the wood out for the Summer then stack it away later in to the woodshed once it is seasoned is the best of both worlds. Cherry is a hard wood that would be expensive to bu.

Seasoned wood has been dried long enough to get the sap or cellular moisture to escape. As wood is quite porous and absorbs most liquids into it a good mineral oil applied to the surface can make it more resistant to water and such. Spring is a good time to start seasoning firewood as it takes at least 6 months to reach optimum dryness.

Green wood to the right. Seasoned wood to the left. The raised pallets also keep wood away from.

Wood that is stacked out in the open away from walls buildings or trees do dry the fastest. Therefore wood will be able to dry and season quicker. This can help it dry faster too.

Seasoning Your Own Wood Turning Blanks From Fallen Tree Limbs. Build a support for your fresh lumber with timber that is already dry. First wash deodorize and sanitize your cutting board then season it by rubbing a largish amount of mineral oil into the wooden surface.

With regular maintenance your wooden cutting board can be used for many years. Seasoning is the process of reducing and eliminate the moisture content from wood before using. Use the suns heat to evaporate the moisture from the wood.