08-13-2015, 05:23 PM
It's a total trip to see it...
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Did you know black locust fluoresces under a black light?
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08-13-2015, 07:39 PM
Slick
Gary
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08-13-2015, 08:26 PM
Not only is it surprising to find out about that, it's surprising to hear of someone's workshop having black light. Novel idea.
08-13-2015, 08:43 PM
petertay15 said: I just brought in a couple of clamp lights.... 
08-13-2015, 09:43 PM
That is really cool. Is it wet or dry? I wonder what finish would let still allow it to fluoresce.
08-13-2015, 10:05 PM
So what ya making with it?
Worst thing they can do is cook ya and eat ya
 GW
08-13-2015, 10:31 PM
Hackberry is another wood that does that. There are more but I just can't remember them all.
08-14-2015, 07:17 AM
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
08-14-2015, 11:58 AM
That is so cool!
 If my kids ever see this, I'm never going to hear the end of requests for black-locust furniture. 
Steve S.
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08-14-2015, 12:45 PM
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-articl...ification/
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