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In Reply to: RE: Barrel questions posted by triodesteve on February 10, 2009 at 07:40:32

Can you sand down the insides to reinvigorate the wood or is that too labor intensive and costly?

Kind of reminds me of the restaurant industry. I always wondered why a restaurant would serve such big portions that nobody could finish them. It would seem better to reduce portions and charge less. But I found out that the ingredients are the smallest cost of operations. It's the employee and building costs that make up the majority of the overhead expense.

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RE: Interesting. - triodesteve 15:31:22 02/11/09 (0)
There are companies that do such things...I think I remember seeing a company that uses soda (baking soda) blasting to remove a little bit of wood and there is someone who uses a jig and a planar to remove some of the inside of the barrel. But then the barrel would have to be re-toasted...and to my mind that's the most important part of barrel making.
There are also companies that insert new staves into used barrels.....I find them quite strong and overpowering so I don't use them.

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