Air Dried

Timber Drying and Air Dried Wood

The illustrations show two simple ways to stack green lumber to ensure proper drying. Drying times vary for different woods. To avoid confusing different batches of wood. mark the ends of each board with the species and the date you stacked it. It is also a good idea to treat the ends of the boards with an impervious coating such as hot paraffin wax, varnish, diluted glue or a commercial end sealer. Otherwise, the ends of boards may dry more quickly than adjoining surfaces, causing checks to form in the wood. If you are working with logs, coating their ends will increase the amount of usable lumber the logs will yield by as much as 20 percent.

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Whatever the size or location of your drying stack, air must circulate evenly around all the surfaces of the stock. This will ensure that the surfaces of the boards stay dry enough to prevent fungi from causing blue stain. It will also help guarantee a minimal amount of warping of the boards. Placing stickers, or narrow strips of wood, between different layers of stock exposes the top and bottom surfaces of the boards to the same flow of air.

Lumber can be air-dried indoors or outdoors, but for best results, you should start the process outside or in an unheated building like a barn or garage. In a heated indoor location, where humidity is typically low and temperatures are high, green wood may dry too rapidly, which promotes checking. Outdoors, the lumber should be covered with a sheet of plywood to serve as protection from the elements. As the wood dries, check its moisture content periodically with a meter, keeping notes for future reference.

Wood destined for outdoor use need only be dried outside. For indoor furniture, the wood should complete its drying inside, preferably at a humidity level similar to that in the location where the furniture will eventually be used.

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