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JustinNC:
Well I been collecting some sourwood per Pat and Hillbilly's rantin and raving Ive read on here about it. One thing I didn't read after wearing the search function out is the sap! Peeled and scraped some potential shaft material and it looks like I murdered a smurf with my bare hands! That stuff don't come off either! Have to scrape your hands to get it off....that or wash your hands repeatedly with washin powders for clothes.

Got 14 potential candidates for shafts. Hopefully I can get about double that and maybe wind up with a dozen finished shafts.

I usually consider myself perdy smart when it comes to knowing this or that about trees and what not, but the sourwood sap is new to me. Not sure how I missed it as a kid beating each other up with switches and whatnot.

Pat B:
A small bit of Chlorox and water will get rid of the stain. Lemon juice might also.

JustinNC:
Thanks Pat. Found some more today. Combined with what wouldnt come off yesterday and what I got today, looks like I been usin a bottle of ink for hand soap. I'm glad ya told me in another thread that sourwood won't check, or if it does, not too bad. Sure is nice peeling them fresh green than letting them sit for any time. Bark sure comes off smoother.

Hillbilly:
Got purty purple hands, do you?? ;D ;D I ran into another guy a while back at a shoot who had purple hands and didn't know why. I asked him if he had been peeling sourwood shoots by any chance, and sure enough. :)

JustinNC:
Purple as can be haha

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