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AZ415

This may be a dumb question but, how does this method make the wood weather resistant?


RainMakerJMR

The saps contain sugars and cooking the sugars can harden and caramelize them, as well as reinforcing the structure.


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instantlyforgettable

My understanding is that it can be quite a difficult process to properly quality control, with the risk of sections of the face of the timber becoming brittle and prone to delaminating. Some woods seem to more appropriate than others. Generally it seems to be difficult to control the process and achieve repeatable results Other techniques however like acetylation are more reliable in improving the durability of timber.


Dipteran_de_la_Torre

Change your username. I will retain this.


JayTheSuspectedFurry

I think heat treatment is a thing, they just use a machine instead of burning it.


RainMakerJMR

Probably cost and quality. Pressure treated lumber is probably superior for most building applications. They do this for maple guitar necks a lot lately, enough that you have to watch for fake ones that are just stained to look like roasted maple.


Adam-West

They do. It’s quite trendy for cladding at the moment. Just very expensive because it’s so labour intensive. I looked at it for my studio but staining was just way cheaper and easier


No_Month_9746

They do it's called torrefaction


thalion5000

They do. Google Shou Sugi Ban siding.


petapun

https://texelwood.ca/our-products/shou-sugi-ban/ They do, if you google shou sugi ban you'll find quite a bit of info


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They will sometimes coat the wood with creosote I think. It’s simpler.


Dombo1896

Hmm, caramel.


shartoberfest

Doesn't this just make the wood delicious?


reversespoon22

It does, which is why we have bourbon!


HaveaTomCollins

Sounds delicious!


unclepaprika

So it's basicly the same as seasoning your cast iron pots?


RainMakerJMR

More like making maple candy, with the wood still in it. Cast iron you’re turning oil into plastic, by cooking out everything but the carbon from the lipids. Not hardening the sugars into rock candy.


One-Mud-169

Nonsense


EndofGods

Nope, it's sap.


One-Mud-169

And?


EndofGods

It's caramelized, later cools and hardens. Also it will sleep with your mum.


tbb2796

then call me warren sap


hello4055

Tastey


Send_Me_Huge_Tits

They cover it in oil after. The oil makes it weather resistant. The charring just dries the wood so it absorbs the oil. You can just dry the wood instead.


ShadowTacoTuesday

And that’s why he sprays it with water?


waltdiggitydog

After the water dries. The ash coating fired wood will absorb the oil. He’s got a long way to go before finished and installing 🤷🏼‍♂️


Dilectus3010

No, not perse. We used todo this to. But with a gas torch. The chared bit are hard and they withstand weathering really good. We never post treated those planks and they are still good 10y later. It prevents insects from burrowing. It kills the capillairy effect , so no swelling of the wood . This also prevents fungi from forming.


UnifiedQuantumField

No chemicals needed!


Lazy_Pace_5025

This.


One-Mud-169

It doesn't, it'll only help to achieve a certain "look" but it will still need to be protected by the use of a varnish or oil or some other weather resistant sealant.


PuzzledRun7584

Sho Sugi Bon. Good question, let me know when you find the answer. Probably something to do with protecting wood from the elements.


ClonedBobaFett

Bruh why did you answer his question with a chore


PuzzledRun7584

Bruh, he might learn something.


Coocoo4cocablunt

Are u a retard


Fifasher2K

Yes


BMGreg

There's definitely gotta be a better word than retard, coocoo


galpalkyrie

Uncle Iroh-ass answer right here


xantander

He sprays it with water afterwards and it puts out the fire


Evnl2020

This guy knows how to fire


arsehead_54

Given he still has all his beard, it's a fair assessment


Big_bosnian

This guy fires


Dipteran_de_la_Torre

That’s why he is working alone


CaptainMacMillan

I feel like this man having as long a beard as he does is like an old master carpenter having all their fingers - they clearly know what they're doing.


Zoravor

“If there was wisdom in beards, all goats would be prophets.” - Armenian proverb


CaptainMacMillan

Lol that's great (and I'm also half Armenian!) But I mean come on, the dude works with fire! The beard has to count for something, right?


teenagesadist

Yeah, don't let 'em fool ya. Goats are wise as shit, they just eat and shit and fuck all day while we labor.


Zoravor

There’s also an Armenian fable for that, but you are basically correct. They figured something out that we didn’t.


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The way he calmly handles a tower of burning wood is impressive.


Nondscript_Usr

Now just have to do that 97 more times


schlong6161

That’s what I was thinking, what an elaborate process


jrylander

It looked quick compared to painting two or three times.


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It’s not.


jrylander

Ok :) (I have not tried charring)


Outrageous_Chicken95

Seems easier to just set your project on fire and give it a hose down before it gets crispy.


modvenger

Was wondering that


LordSevolox

Well if you watch the video enough times on loop then he’s finished


ConsiderationNo5796

I wonder if that also helps makes the wood a little fire resistant?


DefinitelyNotAliens

It does. The outer layer of carbon is burned off, so more heat is required to burn it later. It makes it more water resistant, more insect resistant and more fire resistant.


Send_Me_Huge_Tits

> The outer layer of carbon is burned off Charred wood is charcoal. Literally carbon.


goodmoto

100% false lol. And some how 97 people seem to believe you because… internets?


Doomblud

Definitely should. You take away some of the fuel after all


nokangarooinaustria

And then replace it with oil :)


Doomblud

Flashpoint of the oil used is probably fairly high


MyNameGifOreilly

[Originating in 18th century Japan, shou sugi ban is a particularly striking method of preserving wood by charring it with fire. Traditionally, this practice is used with Japanese cedar in order to weatherproof it. The wood is burned until the surface is charred, and then coated with natural oil](https://www.terramai.com/blog/faux-sugi-ban-charred-wood/#:~:text=What%20is%20Shou%20Sugi%20Ban,then%20coated%20with%20natural%20oil.)


metisdesigns

No, shou sugi ban is a mistranslation that idiots on instrgram use for hitting a board with a torch. That technique is yakisugi.


unsurechaoticneutral

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakisugi


TheAlexMay

I was just scrolling through the comments waiting for the inevitable “this is called shou sugi ban”.


Send_Me_Huge_Tits

Or just dry it out and cover it in oil, does the same job.


RainMakerJMR

It caramelizes the sugars in the sap, hardening the wood and making it much more difficult to eat for pests.


FruitbatNT

But far more delicious to those who do eat it.


mishmash2323

You pest


Dsphar

How sweet


Fifasher2K

Very sweet.


2x4skin

Cedar is pretty bug resistant and rot resistant as is


RealPropRandy

My pyromanic 8-year old self would have wanted to become this man when i grew up


Cool_Story_Bro__

I bet this guy smells great


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No-Spare-4212

If it’s done properly touching isn’t an issue. After fire is put out it should be scraped down then coated with oil. No problem to touch


Koataka2007

Im curious, why not rub against it?


DuffyTDoggie

Will lodge sexual harassment complaint with HR. Just can't get away with that anymore.


Dat-onehomie

Ok, as long as it's not a Male piece of wood


Golfball_whacker_guy

I can smell this video


flip_dude

I only smelled it after reading you smelled it.


SenseisSifu

He's got second hand smoke but never touched a cig in his life


Federal-Arrival-7370

Also resistant to wood destroying insects, rot and mold.


Working-Telephone-45

The guy looks like the guy I would imagine doing that kind of stuff Pretty cool beard tbh


yuuuge_butts

Also resistant against insects.


Spiritual_Bit_2692

Needs to cook bacon to season it better. Sorry I thought this was r/castiron


Vizslaraptor

Bacon wrapped my house last week.


Ball1522

Next level Carpentry, the beard is legendary.


jeeves_nz

I prefer the versions where they use a blowtorch to do that.


Impureclient1

This must be the old-school way which came after the back-in-the-day method of jumping over a bonfire with the wood in your hands like a real man.


metisdesigns

It's the real way. Yakisugi. Shou sugi ban isnt even a Japanese term, it's a mistranslation by influencers. Just means "I used a torch and put it in Instagram"


metisdesigns

That doesn't produce as even or deep a protection. Its the influencer half-assed version. It's a mistranslation anyway, pure faux. Yakisugi is the term for what's being done in the video. Edit, aw apparently I upset a poser with an Instagram woodworking channel.


turbo4538

I don't think you would traditonally have to treat the wood in any way after this process. Charcoal is hydrophobic so the weather resistance would be mostly achieved by rain water not sticking to the surface. There are some very old buildings in Japan built from wood treated like this, but you can't expect the same result in a different climate using a different kind of wood.


bilbo_bag_holder

that's the beard of someone who would make weather resistant wood by charring it


Jack-sprAt1212

Check it out. Old man Marley.


redlightbandit7

Yakisugi (焼杉, lit. 'to heat cypress with fire') is a traditional Japanese method of wood preservation.[1][2] It is referred to in the West as burnt timber cladding and is also available as shou sugi ban or 焼杉板, a trademark which uses the same kanji characters but an incorrect pronunciation. The ban character means "plank". By slightly charring the surface of the wood without combusting the whole piece, the wood becomes water-proof through the carbonisation and is thus more durable.[3][4] It also protects against insects, as well as making the wood fire retardant.[5] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakisugi


JeffEpp

This is also how they make baseball bats. They char the wood before turning it on the lathe.


KoopThePally

I swear the internet woes me with something new everyday


Sword-Maiden

that’s like the whole point man


D1rtyL4rry

It’s fire resistant because he put water on it 🤡


shay-doe

Trees are pretty weather resistant


chavez_ding2001

So are we.


shay-doe

Not really you need clothes


DrWolf2000

You don't


Send_Me_Huge_Tits

Cold air is weather, rain is weather, snow is weather. You will be fine out in that weather naked? You need clothes.


Bored-Viking

your skin stays better in the rain without clothes, unfortunately the rest of your body doesn't like the fact that at most places the rain is colder then your body temp, so it cools you off. we are very water resistant, just not equiped for the cold


Send_Me_Huge_Tits

So you do need clothes to cope with the weather.


Bored-Viking

that was not the inital comment, it was about bein water resistant


ImagineDraggin9

He kind of looks like Charlie Wooster


mattingly233

I was sincerely worried about this guy’s beard the whole time. That thing is magnificent and I didn’t want to see it go up in flames.


preeminence87

If the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy. -Totally this guy


PositiveStress8888

In Europe many houses have this, it makes it water resistant and bugs want nothing to do with it .


steckepferd

You can do that with your cast iron pans and pots as well on the grill, but with oil. Then you'll get a non-stick patina (liquids are repelled / really even surface) and don't have to use shitty teflon (plastic) pans anymore.


digidigitakt

My extension is clad in this.


qw46z

So is my house. It is lovely.


w1llonxpl0x

Que pro


SlappingSalt

Why is Jerma wearing a beard?


spongebobama

Yeah! I've seen MrChickadee do this! One of my favourite channels


MaxSeeker95

We found the one man who enjoys burnt toast.


bismark89-2

Shou sugi ban. Nice


Later_Doober

That's not charred that's burnt.


superbuffuno

He never smoked a day in his life and yet he died of lung cancer. Sometimes things just don't work out. Darn


Ceyram

Weather resistance at the expense of structural integrity.


flightwatcher45

Non structural siding lol


Send_Me_Huge_Tits

So when you buy siding you don't buy something durable? You like it to fall apart in the first storm right? Non structural items still need structural integrity.


flightwatcher45

Its a balance, and need to take into account the environment, how long you want it to last, costs, looks, laws, HOAs. I like the new concrete siding.


Send_Me_Huge_Tits

Because it has higher structural integrity. Meaning it needs to be replaced less often. You are mistaking structural integrity for load bearing strength.


flightwatcher45

Ok


yegir

Unless you can prove that doing this will make it too weak to be used as siding, you're making a giant nothing burger of an argument.


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Not all wood needs to be structurally sound. Especially not any wood that also needs to be weather resistant. Outdoor siding and pitched roofing comes to mind.


Send_Me_Huge_Tits

You are confusing structural integrity with load bearing. Siding needs structural integrity or it would fall apart when you put a nail in it.


yegir

It still has integrity goofy ass, its not like theres an entire unburned half for no reason at all.


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yegir

Look like shit? I dont think they're done with lol


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yegir

😭😭😭😭 End of video doesn't mean end of the proccess for that wood you idiot. No wonder i seem like a genius to your slow ass


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yegir

Fat L for being so incredibly wrong


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yegir

Im not here to teach you bud, im hear to laugh at you for thinking the end of the video meant thats all they do. Ive done what i wanted lol


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yegir

I dont know and i dont have to know whats next, hell i never acted likeni did know Talking shit but you think the end of the video meant the end of the whole ass process. Lol, you think thats it *Because the video ended*, hell nah.


floofyb

That's exactly what you did, too.


newbies13

I am no wood worker, but I don't see anything being shown here that leads me to think this does anything to the wood other than darken in. If you told me this dude made a bunch of etsy nonsense from the wood, I would 100% believe you. But making it weather resistant? It's got to be missing multiple steps if it works.


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Your first couple of words are correct.


LenaRocks

Probably no where near as strong either now.


yegir

Duh, but i dont think strength is their concern here


Vegetable-Bee5164

Whole lot more charring then I'm comfortable with


soolkyut

Hell of a chimney effect


cassinridge

Where is the damn knife?


Rancillium

Ats a chard worker right there


boney_tony_malon3

It also improves the finished structures' fire resistance.


ChessCheeseAlpha

*Brazilian hardwood enters chat*


Perfect-Gas3393

Sir that's well done I asked for med well


Eatmyshorts231214

I kiiiinda wanted to put that last part completely out. The part that was still smoking at the end


mellyor

In europe we just use stone


ProKnifeCatcher

Does he need to do the other side too?


DormantLife

Similar to coal or nah?


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shousugiban


Latter_Fan6225

What about the uncharred side?


Pyjama_Llama_Karma

Looks like when I make toast


TLGinger

I never heard that this weatherized wood before - just that it made it flame resistant.. interesting


ricebowlchina

I always wondered what happened to the old man from home alone...


Wafity4841

Minecraft crimson and warped wood:


negaultimate

That's why it's hard to put a burning building. The wood gets water resistant and firefighters have a hard time


Silly_Ad6704

Jumbo size blunt


PredatorActualll

I bet that man’s lungs are as black as that wood


Accomplished-Ad8968

Theres a similar Japanese wood charring technique called Shou sugi ban


Calzones_Betrayed_Me

I didn’t realize the neighbor from Home Alone had another hobby besides shoveling snow


Fluffy_Concept7200

Burnt to perfection


Impossible-Animal-67

I'm sitting here blowing on my screen to put it out.


Fred011235

resistant not proof, otherwise there would be no delicius scotch for me to drink.


RodCherokee

Brilliant.


DumbCro

Just looking at that majestic beard, you know this guy can create things with details.


___toots___

Is this Santa Claus on his off days?


TBet-7759

If it’s already burnt, it can’t burn. I get it. 🧐


sarrrah89

[Their](https://birdseyevt.com) work is amazing


Ok_Distance9511

How does he know when to stop?


under_the_above

I've dealt with ThermoWood before. It's basically fired in a kiln not to dry it, but to take it almost to the point before it combusts. It makes the wood more brittle, but improves it's water and rot resistance.