Bleaching treatments for blue-stained lodgepole pine affected by the mountain pine beetle Dendroctonus ponderosae

Evans, Philip D.; Palmer, Gareth; Chowdhury, Mohammed Jahangir A.

doi:10.1007/s00107-007-0177-5

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“…Nevertheless, it is necessary to alleviate the adverse effects of blue-staining on wood surfaces that have already been infected by the blue stain. Bleaching treatments for bluestained lodgepole pine was carried out by Evans et al (2007), who found that sodium hypochlorite was effective at removing the blue-color from blue-stained wood, but it was less effective at restoring the lightness of the treated wood. Hernandez et al (2016) impregnated blue-stained pine wood using fungal pigments from spalting fungi and found that the fungal pigments were suitable for attenuating the appearance of the blue stain on the wood surface.…”

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Evaluation of color changes, wettability, and moisture sorption of heat-treated blue-stained radiata pine lumber

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Cheng

Cao

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To improve the color and surface properties of blue-stained radiata pine, heat treatment was carried out at different temperatures and times. The color change, wettability, and dynamic moisture sorption of the wood were investigated. The results showed that, as the treatment temperature and duration time increased, the surface brightness of specimens gradually decreased, and the surface color became more reddish and blueish. In addition, the contact angle of distilled water at 0 s and 18 s gradually increased as the treatment temperature and time increased, which indicated a decrease in the surface wettability. The color of the blue-stained wood became more uniform with reduced surface wettability and hygroscopicity but increased sorption hysteresis after the treatment.

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