Reply To: Green/grey area in beech
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I agree that this looks perfectly fine to me. I’m far from an expert, but the off-color areas look more like heartwood to me, rather than any kind of rot. Perhaps the pictures don’t do it justice, but I don’t see nearly the amount of green/grey that I had in some poplar that I used in my workbench for the aprons and wellboard. I was somewhat concerned about the “off color” at first, but it is still holding strong and the green/grey has even faded some over the years to be more like the coloring of the other areas of the boards. I’ve therefore assumed the coloring was due to moisture that took longer to release for some reason, but either way it hasn’t affected the integrity of the wood.