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   hammer1 | Feb 23, 2009 08:38pm | #1

   It's in the wood, you just didn't notice it in the rough. If it's FAS one face should be relatively clear of color variety. Lower grades can have a lot of gray.

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   oldusty | Feb 23, 2009 11:12pm | #2

   My guess is the Oak you have may be Appalachian or even Southern Red Oak , the color will range from Wheat , White to Gray to almost Blueish . Do you know what type it is ?

                            regards      dusty

      

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   Scatterbrain | Feb 24, 2009 01:47am | #3

   dusty -
   It's undoubtedly either Appalachian or Southern red oak, having come from north Georgia.
   Thanks.

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   DHAM | Feb 24, 2009 02:59am | #4

   Sounds like bacterial stain to me. It shows up as a gray to very dark gray color in the wood. If it is bacterial stain. this condition was present in the tree when it was felled.

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   oldusty | Feb 24, 2009 06:03am | #5

     Well the color is inherent in the specie and really quite common to find a patch here and there and also more  Whiteish sapwood occurs  .

   Your wood is harder and more brittle then what we call Northern Red Oak that I use has a finer texture and grain structure is softer much of the time .

     The coloration of Northern in the best grades runs a wheat color and very consistent without the color you see .         regards        dusty

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   DHAM | Feb 24, 2009 04:41pm | #6

   Red oak in the bottomlands where soil saturation occurs is prone to bacterial infection and the resulting stain.

   Northern red oak is not a bottomland oak, so bacterial stain is not common in NRO. 

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   hammer1 | Feb 25, 2009 12:05am | #7

   Over the years, I've probably worked with more northern red oak than any other species. In lower grades, the gray color is very common, particularly on boards close to the bark. Here is what's on my workbench today. Northern red oak drawer sides, cut off my customers property, ungraded, fine for drawer sides but lots of gray color.
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