VERDIGRIS IS COPPER CORROSION

[Susan Kline]

At 01:27 PM 7/30/2005 -0400, you wrote:
>(Having said that, I do marvel at bamboo's structural properties.  It's
>straight, consistent, light, and strong.  As I was eating Thai food the
>other night, I was wondering why nobody (??) has tried using bamboo for
>hammer shanks -- perhaps glued into rock maple flange parts.  Perhaps some
>of the Asian manufacturers???)

Sarah, is bamboo acidic like wood and paper? (I would imagine so.) Could it
be neutralized somehow?

I agree, it's great stuff.

Susan