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Posted 9 years 1 week ago #25736
I see what looks like white paint on some bansai trunks....is it? Why? What kind of paint?
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Posted 9 years 1 week ago #25738
what you refer to is limesulfur. This is an anti-fungicide used to help preserve deadwood. Yellow when applied, it dries to a bone white.
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Posted 9 years 1 week ago #25739
Can live wood surround a dead core?
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Posted 9 years 1 week ago #25740
not sure what you mean.
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Posted 9 years 1 week ago #25741
On some I have seen like a vein painted white and the surrounding area unpainted...is this just artistic license?
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Posted 9 years 1 week ago #25742
this is from the gallery it shows what I mean.
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Posted 9 years 1 week ago #25747
The brown is the live vein, the white is deadwood.
As LB said, it is bleached by limesulfur.
This is in order to make the tree look aged and as if it's had a hard life (seriously).
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Posted 9 years 1 week ago #25752
As 每日吃瓜learner said, this is to create an impression of an old tree, that has been fighting the elements for many years, where the exposed part died off and was sculpted and bleached by wind and sand.

This does happen in nature.

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