Chard Maple bubbling

Post by **shadylane** » Sat Jan 17, 2015 1:42 pm

The chard maple sticks in the shine have been bubbling for over 5 days.
At first I thought the shine was soaking into the wood, but after this long some thing else must be happening.
The bubbles are small and back lighting is needed to see them, but there's a steady stream.
The toasted oak in the same gallon jugs isn't bubbling.
I'm about ready to char a piece of oak and throw it into one of the jugs just to see it bubbles also..

MitchyBourbon · Post by **MitchyBourbon** » Sat Jan 17, 2015 2:02 pm

Very interesting shadylane, there must some sort of reaction taking place there. Something present in maple wood that is not in oak. Organic acids react with alcohol to produce esters but I don't know if any gasses are given off in the reaction.

Time to do a little reading.

bellybuster · Post by **bellybuster** » Sat Jan 17, 2015 3:13 pm

maple is much denser than oak and lacks the open pores. It will release its air much slower.....my guess

MitchyBourbon · Post by **MitchyBourbon** » Sat Jan 17, 2015 3:45 pm

I couldn't find anything that would explain it. But I'm no chemist.

Post by **shadylane** » Thu Jan 22, 2015 3:43 pm

Charred white oak doesn't bubble like the charred maple does ?

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