Freeze spray for deadwood?

[leatherback]

A few years back I saw some pictures of people using some form of freezing spray to age deadwood faster.
I was wondering whether people here have experience, tips and examples to share?

 

[Empty Mountain]

I have seen @Maros use this technique on a cherry on his channel I think

 

[leatherback]

I have seen @Maros use this technique on a cherry on his channel I think

Thx.

I think it was Marcus Watts in the UK who originally suggested is, followed by Tickle. I have however never seen a broad pickup. As I want to age some deadwood (tree is ready for a show, but "forgot" [was too bloody lazy] to do the deadwood. So now it is ..

 

[Empty Mountain]

From what I gathered (I have not done this myself) the technique was to soak the deadwood you want to age with water and then use something like a can of compressed air to freeze the water in the deadwood which causes it to crack along the grain in a natural way (versus carving it with tools).

I would love to hear from @Maros about his experience and how to do it correctly!

 

[Maiden69]

Do you have a small air compressor? Or a friend that may have one? I think sand blasting will create convincing deadwood faster than any other method I have seen to date. I think I was a demonstration with Bjorn that the tree was taken out of the auditorium to blast the deadwood, the end was very convincing. Aside from that a torch and some stainless and brass bristle brushes may also work if you are in a hurry.

I found a video from Harry where he uses compressed air (probably CO2, could be freon but that would be illegal as far as I know) and a torch to work on the deadwood of a yew.

 

[Tieball]

From what I gathered (I have not done this myself) the technique was to soak the deadwood you want to age with water and then use something like a can of compressed air to freeze the water in the deadwood which causes it to crack along the grain in a natural way (versus carving it with tools).

I would love to hear from @Maros about his experience and how to do it correctly!

Interesting. I may try this. Seems like it would work very well.
Where I live I get several months of freezing and sub zero temperatures. This weathers deadwood very well. But it does this slowly over the long period of winter months. The wetting and spraying with compressed air could achieve results in an accelerated time….and possibly be enhanced the following winter.

 

[Maros]

I did that on my sloe, prunus spinosa years ago, in 2018. It works to a certain extent, in my opinion, safely if you have big chunks of dead wood where you can safely apply spray without damaging live cells. I did that in winter when wood was naturally soaked by water, additionally, I placed a wet cloth on the wood for a few days and then sprayed it with gas from a can. I bought the product in a DIY store in the car maintenance section, it can produce -50°C.

 

[leatherback]

Ice-spray found in an online shop. Coming next week. Deadwood work done today!