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Did you know black locust fluoresces under a black light? - kludge - 08-13-2015
It's a total trip to see it...
Re: Did you know black locust fluoresces under a black light? - Gary G™ - 08-13-2015
Slick
Re: Did you know black locust fluoresces under a black light? - petertay15 - 08-13-2015
Not only is it surprising to find out about that, it's surprising to hear of someone's workshop having black light. Novel idea.
Re: Did you know black locust fluoresces under a black light? - kludge - 08-13-2015
petertay15 said:
Not only is it surprising to find out about that, it's surprising to hear of someone's workshop having black light. Novel idea.
I just brought in a couple of clamp lights....
Re: Did you know black locust fluoresces under a black light? - Daniel S - 08-13-2015
That is really cool. Is it wet or dry? I wonder what finish would let still allow it to fluoresce.
Re: Did you know black locust fluoresces under a black light? - Steve N - 08-13-2015
So what ya making with it?
Re: Did you know black locust fluoresces under a black light? - jasfrank - 08-13-2015
Hackberry is another wood that does that. There are more but I just can't remember them all.
Re: Did you know black locust fluoresces under a black light? - YSU65 - 08-14-2015
Don't know if will glow here but a local school here in Binghamton, NY, MacArthur Elementary, has locust siding on part of the structure. Nice brown color. School was destroyed by 2011 flood....Tom
Re: Did you know black locust fluoresces under a black light? - Bibliophile 13 - 08-14-2015
That is so cool!
If my kids ever see this, I'm never going to hear the end of requests for black-locust furniture.
Re: Did you know black locust fluoresces under a black light? - AHill - 08-14-2015
Did you know this before you put a black light on it? I used to collect rocks and minerals and I used a black light to identify all sorts of rocks, but I never gave any thought that there might be woods that reacted to UV light.
I did some research and there are quite a few woods that react to black light:
http://www.wood-database.com/wood-articles/fluorescence-a-secret-weapon-in-wood-identification/