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Power Washing Smoke Wood?

Jeepster47
Jeepster47 Posts: 3,827
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Today's task was to clean the electronic furnace filters.  Step two is to use the power washer on them.  Since the washer was out, I decided to use it to clean some of the mud off the Sugar Maple wood that was collected last Friday.  It cleaned the caked on mud right off, but also cleaned the lichen off clean as can be.  Hmmmm.

I'm allergic to molds and I store my smoke wood in the basement. .  Think it's worth the effort?



Washington, IL  >  Queen Creek, AZ ... Two large eggs and an adopted Mini Max

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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 36,806
    Well, if you are having fun and you aren't overly obsessed with getting every last bit off, then why not?  But I have no plans to follow you down this slippery slope ;)
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period. CHEETO (aka Agent Orange) makes Nixon look like a saint.  
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  • blasting
    blasting Posts: 6,262

    Vac sealing each piece might be a good idea as well...

    just messing with ya Jeepster.  I guess if it helps you health wise, go for it, but that's way to much messing around for me.
    Phoenix 
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  • theyolksonyou
    theyolksonyou Posts: 18,459
    edited February 2016
    blasting said:

    Vac sealing each piece might be a good idea as well...

    just messing with ya Jeepster.  I guess if it helps you health wise, go for it, but that's way to much messing around for me.
    You're gonna want to invest in a chamber sealer for that kind of volume. 
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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 21,680
    I recommend charring it in your egg.  I get better smoke by cutting it in to fist size pieces first.

    I find power washing it with a pressure washer removes all the smoke.

    I would rather light a candle than curse your darkness.

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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 19,176
    Oh to be retired....
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  • Jeepster47
    Jeepster47 Posts: 3,827
    @DoubleEgger ... great gig if you can get it!

    Okay, so I don't have to read between the lines tonight ... you all think I'm crazy.  At least I didn't have to stand in line at the car wash to get my turn.

    Washington, IL  >  Queen Creek, AZ ... Two large eggs and an adopted Mini Max

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  • JohnnyTarheel
    JohnnyTarheel Posts: 6,629
    Carolina Q said:
    I think Ron has met his match. :rofl: 
    I hope Ron let him use his special shorts!!
    Charlotte, NC - Large BGE 2014, Maverick ET 733, Thermopen, Nest, Platesetter, Woo2 and Extender w/Grid, Kick Ash Basket, Pizza Stone, SS Smokeware Cap, Blackstone 36"
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  • HeavyG
    HeavyG Posts: 10,380
    I think he is just one step away from going this far:

    https://youtu.be/TBb9O-aW4zI
    “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.” ― Philip K. Diçk




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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 19,176
    HeavyG said:
    I think he is just one step away from going this far:

    https://youtu.be/TBb9O-aW4zI
    I was thinking this was a SNL skit the whole time. Who in the hell would pay $1200 for a piece of firewood? 
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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 21,680
    @DoubleEgger you just need to try it!  That is all Aaron Franklin uses!

    I would rather light a candle than curse your darkness.

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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 19,176
    Ozzie_Isaac said:
    @DoubleEgger you just need to try it!  That is all Aaron Franklin uses!
    Yeah right I don't make Cat money  ;)
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  • Jeepster47
    Jeepster47 Posts: 3,827
    JohnnyTarheel said:
    Carolina Q said:
    I think Ron has met his match. :rofl: 
    I hope Ron let him use his special shorts!!
    @JohnnyTarheel ... actually, Ron had a couple of teeth pulled this afternoon, so I am filling in for him a little!

    Washington, IL  >  Queen Creek, AZ ... Two large eggs and an adopted Mini Max

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  • YukonRon
    YukonRon Posts: 17,261
    edited February 2016
    This moves to the top of the list named: "Thought I had seen it all until....."
    Just kidding.
    Allergies are a bummer, do whatever you need to do.
    I am cautious about keeping or stocking wood in my home due to the potential for insect infestation. Had a pest control guy tell me firewood kept inside with access to moisture tends to be the most expensive jobs to clean out. He said keep wood away from the house as much as possible, including hardwood mulch. 
    "Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber

    XL and MM
    Louisville, Kentucky
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    I put my smoke wood on the lathe and remove the bark.
    ______________________________________________
    I love lamp..
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  • Little Steven
    Little Steven Posts: 28,817
    Do you do that before or after the steam genny?

    Steve 

    Caledon, ON

     

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  • NPHuskerFL
    NPHuskerFL Posts: 17,629
    Where's the Thai girls that polish the wood between each process. Don't take shortcuts. 
    LBGE 2013 & MM 2014
    Die Hard HUSKER & BRONCO FAN
    Flying Low & Slow in "Da Burg" FL
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  • Jeepster47
    Jeepster47 Posts: 3,827
    edited February 2016
    Go ahead guys ... have fun ... picking on an old man ... geez!

    We have a local timber company that debarks their non-lumber mill logs.  Bark is sold for ground cover and the logs are cut and stacked to cure for firewood.  Call ahead and they will cut and split those logs (pecan, oak, cherry, and hickory) into smoke wood chunks for a very reasonable price.  Cheap enough that it doesn't pay to do the work yourself.  Ozzie and I thought about buying a face cord and cutting and splitting it ourselves ... until the spread sheets came out and it was demonstrated to be a dumb idea.

    My orange wood has bark, but with the absence of moisture in Arizona it doesn't have any moss/mold/lichen.  The sugar maple from Funks Grove is the first smoke wood I've collected that had any "crap" on it.  Took about 10 minutes to clean up five logs.  And, as you can see from the top vs bottom of the log in the picture in the first post, the power washer really does clean up the bark.  From now on I'll clean the sugar maple undercover of darkness so as to not embarrass you sensitive types.

    Washington, IL  >  Queen Creek, AZ ... Two large eggs and an adopted Mini Max

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  • gdenby
    gdenby Posts: 6,239
    If you store anything in my cracked foundation basement, washed, steamed, or baked, it will end up molded.

    But this makes me realize, I need to hold my smoke wood dangling from my garage rafters. Just like curing fine country ham. Maybe pre-smoke the wood too, just for good measure.

    And, well, I hate to say this, but my own ludicrous suggestion makes me wonder. What if the wood was rubbed, too? I was just at an Indian market that had little bottles of nutmeg essence. So much for the Jack aging barrel chips. I'll only do my chicken breasts with 5 year old mulberry wood infused w. nutmeg and a soupçon of absinthe.



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  • Ragtop99
    Ragtop99 Posts: 1,570
    gdenby said:

    And, well, I hate to say this, but my own ludicrous suggestion makes me wonder. What if the wood was rubbed, too?

    My wife rubs my wood.  I think it helps a lot.  However I'm somewhat jealous if @NPHuskerFL can get Thai girls to polish his wood.  Not an option in my house.
    Cooking on an XL and Medium in Bethesda, MD.
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  • gdenby
    gdenby Posts: 6,239
    I, I, !! I sir am aghast.That you "wood" even consider Thai polish. Everyone knows the best place to get polished is Tierra del Fuego.
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  • Earshots
    Earshots Posts: 110
    Tallmadge Ohio, XL and S eggs 
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  • blind99
    blind99 Posts: 4,974
    When you power wash your wood you aerosolize the mold and inhale it. You should do this with scuba gear on. In a laminar flow hood. Please post pictures!
    Chicago, IL - Large and Small BGE - Weber Gasser and Kettle
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