Oak Staining

[chardy]

Hello - I'm new to this forum and also to woodworking.
I've recently bought some kiln dried Oak for my first college project and need a little advice on water staining.
The boards i have bought 200 X 25 X 2100 have quite a bit of water marking on them. They are sawn square edged .
What i need to know is how easily will this plane out and what sort of depth the stains are usually in the timber.
Any help would be great - Thanks John.

 

[Colin C]

Welcome to the forum chardy, as for the oak it would depend on how much water has been on the wood and if there was any metal round the water source ( are there any black spot as well as the water marks )
If you can post a pic I might be able to tell you more

 

[chardy]

Thanks colin for your reply - i will try to figure out how to get the picture up on this post.
Regards John.

 

[Colin C]

HI John, on here some where it tells you how to but I cant remember where #-o but hopefully some will

 

[philpolish]

oxalic acid should remove your stains

 

[PowerTool]

HI John, on here some where it tells you how to but I cant remember where #-o but hopefully some will

It's here

Andrew

 

[jasonB]

If the boards are sawn then I wouldn't worry too much as what you see should all disapear by the time it has been planed. You should allow for 3mm to come of each face so your 25mm boards will finish at about 19mm. You will often see water, stick and handling marks in sawn timber but most will go with planing though sycamore is one to watch.

Jason

 

[Offcut]

I'll second Jasen comments. I usually find that the water stains go as soon as it is planed. I haven't had any that have been left after.


Andy

 

[jasonB]

Here's one I prepared earlier. The sawn 4"x3" board on the right is the off cut from the one on the left which has been over the planer a couple of times. If thats the type of staining you have got then there is nothing to worry about.

Jason

 

[chardy]

Thanks to all, for your replies .
The photo's Jason sent were spot on, just the same sort of staining i have on my boards.
Cheers to all - Regards John.

 

[Anonymous]

Welcome to the forum John

Good luck planing those stains away