Removing Winter Bark and Cambium with Power Washer

[bjrogg]

Lol like I said it might not be there.  Does seem to be in my memory though.
Bjrogg

[upstatenybowyer]

If it works w/ HHB I would assume it would work with hickory. Both have very small ridges just under the cambium that are easy to violate if you try to remove it w/ a draw knife or something. (learned that from PatM by the way)

[bjrogg]

I know it’s been a few years since I posted this thread but I thought it might help some newbies. I’m still using this method very successfully. I know everyone doesn’t have access to a power washer and may not want to even if they did. But I love the way it cleans up a back.
Bjrogg

[redhillwoods]

Just to be clear on the method, do you hit the bark directly with the pressure washer or do you first roughly de-bark first with a drawknife? My wife has a painting business and she has a heavy duty pressure washer that she uses to prep wooden decks and fences and l think it may be ideal.

[bjrogg]

Redhills I do both. On HHB I have removed everything with power washer. I have also removed most of the bark with knife  and then cleaned up with power washer. On elm which has a much thicker bark I usually remove most of the big stuff with drawknife and then clean up with washer.

As for the process. I start from one end and try to get between the bark and back with my wash water. Then I chase it from one end to the other. It’s kinda like eating corn on the cob. Some people might go around the cob from one end to the other and some people might take it a pass from one end to the other and then come back.
Bjrogg

[Allyn T]

I like to take random bites all over just to make it weird

[bjrogg]

I like to take random bites all over just to make it weird

Yup more than one way to eat a cob of corn.
Bjrogg