DaBear Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 Ok guys and gals, here's a bit of an oddball question: Do any of you know of any wood species that have the ability to fluoresce when exposed to a 'blacklight' (ultraviolet)? I'm guessing the answer is 'no', but I'd hate to have not asked and been wrong.. For reference, the reason I'm asking is I'm doing some work with segmented turnings as gifts and I'm looking for ways to add 'hidden' messages to them Thanks in advance to any of you who may have some pointers.. Cheers, David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darnell Hagen Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 Not that I'm aware of, but there is a glue that does that. Perhaps you could use it to paint the message on. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texfire Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 According to Wikipedia, Pterocarpus indicus or Paduk is fluorescent under UV. *negative woodworker nerd points for misspelling Paduak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paoloberno Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 Black locust should be fluorescent too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paoloberno Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 Edit: i found this table from: "Identifying wood: accurate results with simple tools" by R. Bruce Hoadley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaBear Posted July 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 Wow, apparently I wasn't quite around the bend. (ya, I know, can't prove a negative).. Now to go off and try some of these and see what happens.. Thanks all, keep the ideas coming.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paoloberno Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 The list contains only the north-american species but the book says that more than 70 species have fluorescent wood and most of them are in the leguminosae family... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tobbe Arnesson Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 There are quite a few fluorescent dyes, perhaps you can get just about any wood to suck it up? Make sure it's not toxic if you're gonna do turning or sanding on it afterwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidHarn Posted September 19, 2011 Report Share Posted September 19, 2011 Thanks guys. I had no idea that there were ANY florescent woods. Let alone florescent glues. I've learned something new today, so I guess I can go back to bed now. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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