How to sink driftwood

**rtcc86** · 4th Feb 2006, 00:28

hi guys...happy cny!! was wondering how to sink my driftwood?? i tried soaking in water..but it has been 1 week and the bugger refuses to sink...i tied weights but i guess not enough...and tying weights is ugly cos the nylon string can still be seen...any suggestions???

**|squee|** · 4th Feb 2006, 02:00

Here's some bad news: you have to soak it for at least a month.

If possible, use a curry pot or the biggest pot you can find and boil the driftwood in it. After boiling for a while (perhaps 15minutes?) soak the thing in another pot of cold water. Rinse and repeat... it should sink asap.

**benny** · 4th Feb 2006, 11:07

What type of "wood" are you using? It may be some kind of roots which is notoriously difficult to sink.

Show us a picture.

Cheers,

**doublej** · 4th Feb 2006, 11:37

Originally Posted by |squee|

Here's some bad news: you have to soak it for at least a month.

If possible, use a curry pot or the biggest pot you can find and boil the driftwood in it. After boiling for a while (perhaps 15minutes?) soak the thing in another pot of cold water. Rinse and repeat... it should sink asap.

1 month for the dw to sink???

for me i boil water and pour it into a pail to soak the dw

**XnSdVd** · 4th Feb 2006, 11:42

Try to completely submerge the wood when you're soaking it. And if it's really big you can actually dump it in a pond and pick it up later

Of course you should actually TELL the pond owner first.

**|squee|** · 4th Feb 2006, 13:41

Yes doublej. Some people somehow cannot get the wood to sink no matter what. It's a luck thing for the time to get your driftwood to sink.

Do it everyday... boil and pour, then soak, next day repeat.

**celticfish** · 4th Feb 2006, 20:41

i suspect you have bogwood and not driftwood...

**XnSdVd** · 4th Feb 2006, 20:54

There're more drastic meathods like screwing... erm.. screws into the DW to weigh it down.

**rtcc86** · 4th Feb 2006, 23:01

wat is the diff betwn bogwood and driftwood?

**doublej** · 6th Feb 2006, 13:21

Originally Posted by |squee|

Yes doublej. Some people somehow cannot get the wood to sink no matter what. It's a luck thing for the time to get your driftwood to sink.

Do it everyday... boil and pour, then soak, next day repeat.

okie... mayb can try this method...
as tats wat i did on my bog wood...

soak it wif hot water 2 days...
then i just apply weight to my bog wood in my tank...
and after 1 week... it just sank without the help of other factors...
mayb i'm lucky bah...

**celticfish** · 6th Feb 2006, 14:00

my personal experience between bogwood and DW is as mentioned - bogwood much harder. i think its to do with the density hence porosity of the wood. some are actually roots which are hardest.

doublej's method is a tried and rather common practice. i did mine the slow poke way by soaking it in the pond. it took two weeks!!!

Originally Posted by rtcc86

wat is the diff betwn bogwood and driftwood?

**kray** · 6th Feb 2006, 16:37

Originally Posted by rtcc86

wat is the diff betwn bogwood and driftwood?

Driftwood are those dark brown wood, commonly used for tying down nanas, java ferns etc.

Bogwood's appearance is more root-like, with smoothed light brown bark.

Bogwood takes a long while to sink and they stink the water during soaking time.