OlBenny Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 Hello All :-) , This past weekend I was visiting my parents and I told my dad that I wanted to make a play stand for my bird. After looking over the list of "bird safe wood", my dad and I settled on Hickory. We have a ton of these trees scattered through out our woods (also we use it for smoking all the meat we process :laugh: ). Any way, we cut the tree down and I took what I needed from it and proceeded to make the stand. I didn't use any screw of any sort. I am banking on the fact that as the trunk dries out, the holes will shrink, pinching the branches in the holes. When I was all done I noticed this Moss looking stuff. My question is this moss looking stuff toxic? I allready scrapped off every thing I could, but now I am wondering if I should just make a new one. Let me know what you all think :-) Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cflanny Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 You need to atleast scrub it with a 10% bleach solution and if possible bake the branches @250 for a hour. If the branches are too big to bake and you think they may have bugs you can seal it air tight in saran wrap or a big plastic bag for 30 days. The branches should be cleaned and disifected at least with the solution and a brush. Hope this helps I just made mine and it beautiful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlBenny Posted September 24, 2008 Author Share Posted September 24, 2008 OK, sounds good. I made it a little on the big side, so baking it isn't going to work, but I can bleach it. Thanks for the advice! :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave007 Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 cflanny is right and another thing you should consider doing is taking that wood and soaking it in warm water for a couple of hours and then pull off all of the bark that's on those branches. You'll be left with clean hard wood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlBenny Posted September 24, 2008 Author Share Posted September 24, 2008 Hello, Just curious, but why would I need to strip the bark if I bleach it? If I soak the entire stand in a %10 bleach water solution, wouldn't that take care of the limbs to? The only reason I ask is that I like the way it looks with the bark on. Let me know what you think, Ben Fort I'll put some pics of it on when I get a chance ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cflanny Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 not sure on the bark mabey just looking for bugs?? I forgot to mention leave the solution on for just about 10 or 15 min then rinse well ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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