Re: Woodworm damaged cabinets
Just seen Lawence's post - Cundy debarkers.... corr! happy days!
Yes indeed, the heartwood of chestnut and English oak is impossible to pressure impegnate hence oak stave for coopered whisky barrels.... but Red Oak is porous throughout... and so is not used for barrels! There is also a major difference between decorative veneers (crown cut - which can't absorb much liquid into the cells) and rotary cut for the plywood cores.
It's a fascinating subject, wood and forestry!
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