Wood Worm / Wet Rot (Table)?

[JediMaster]

Hi

Can anyone advise me what this is on the underside of a old drop leaf table? Its an old table (not been stored in a shed) always been in a house....

It was my uncles table & he died & now we have it...

The "bubbling" is upraised (hard to work out if its upraised or not in the picture) but it is Up a few mm of the wood.

Any advice would be greatful.
Cheers

Here are 2x images I took....

http://img84.imageshack.us/my.php?image=copyofdscf0178vz6.jpg
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http://img231.imageshack.us/my.php?image=copyofdscf0179la0.jpg

 

[PowerTool]

Here are 2x images I took....

http://img84.imageshack.us/my.php?image=copyofdscf0178vz6.jpg
&
http://img231.imageshack.us/my.php?image=copyofdscf0179la0.jpg

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Andrew

 

[JediMaster]

thanks for that..

hope someone can help identify the issue

 

[9fingers]

Well I doubt if it is worm.
Have you tried scraping a bit off? It might just be a mould/fungus/bugs home on the surface. Is it dry to touch?

Good Luck

Bob

 

[JediMaster]

Not scraped it before incase it made it worse, just took it outdoors & scraped it a bit.

Its like brown sand / powder.

 

[9fingers]

OK it comes off then but has it attacked the wood underneath or just something that has arrived and maybe taken colour from the stain?

Might be nought to worry about.

Bob

 

[Lord Nibbo]

It looks more like a chemical reaction to me, surely fungus would be white or light blue grey.

 

[9fingers]

It looks more like a chemical reaction to me, surely fungus would be white or light blue grey.

Unless you got some of my wife's gravy on it??

Bob

 

[bjm]

It's difficult to tell from the photo's. Any chance it could be the dried out residue of some long forgotten piece of chewing gum - you did say it's on the underside of the table!!

Brian