http://manzanitabranches.org ManzanitaBranches.org Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:08:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://manzanitabranches.org/comment-page-1/#comment-8 admin Thu, 13 May 2010 05:11:32 +0000 http://manzanitabranches.org/?page_id=6#comment-8 If you want to keep the reddish color, keep it out of the sun and the rain. The red manzanita bark will fade in the sun and if it is left out in the rain the bark can turn brown or even black and eventually will degrade and start to peel. It will be fine to hang before it dries and use it as it is. I would not worry about it drying and just let it dry in its own time since it will be indoors. In a dry indoor environment it should mostly dry in a few weeks unless it is a huge piece. Manzanita bark does fade some as it dries and I am not sure how to prevent that or what adding oil will do. If anyone else knows or has any input please post it here. If you want to keep the reddish color, keep it out of the sun and the rain. The red manzanita bark will fade in the sun and if it is left out in the rain the bark can turn brown or even black and eventually will degrade and start to peel. It will be fine to hang before it dries and use it as it is. I would not worry about it drying and just let it dry in its own time since it will be indoors. In a dry indoor environment it should mostly dry in a few weeks unless it is a huge piece. Manzanita bark does fade some as it dries and I am not sure how to prevent that or what adding oil will do. If anyone else knows or has any input please post it here.

]]> http://manzanitabranches.org/comment-page-1/#comment-7 GretchenJoanna Thu, 29 Apr 2010 19:10:47 +0000 http://manzanitabranches.org/?page_id=6#comment-7 I would like to hang a manzanita branch from my ceiling as a decoration. I got a couple of branches that had split off a bush in a winter storm, and have trimmed them of leaves and flowers and small twigs. Now I am wondering if I should do anything to the wood before it dries. I want to retain the deep reddish color; if I dry it out of the sun and rain is that likely? I thought that after it dries I would put Swedish oil on it. How long might it take to dry? I would like to hang a manzanita branch from my ceiling as a decoration. I got a couple of branches that had split off a bush in a winter storm, and have trimmed them of leaves and flowers and small twigs. Now I am wondering if I should do anything to the wood before it dries. I want to retain the deep reddish color; if I dry it out of the sun and rain is that likely? I thought that after it dries I would put Swedish oil on it. How long might it take to dry?

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