Tried bleaching some driftwood from the Oregon coast and it turned a weird pink color.

I guess the salt or something in the wood reacted with the bleach, but now it looks kinda cool. Has anyone else had a piece change color in a way that actually worked out?

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angela_dixon3mo ago

Ever notice how the best stuff happens by accident? ParkerKim's pearlescent wood and your pink driftwood, both better than planned. Makes me wonder what other cool mess-ups we're missing.

umab351mo ago

My buddy had this old piece of cherry driftwood he found up in Maine, just sitting in his garage for years. One day he dropped a can of dark stain on it by accident, left a big splotch. Instead of cleaning it off he just kinda rubbed it around and it turned into this crazy marbled pattern, like deep red streaks through the pale wood. Now he gets strangers stopping by asking how he did it and he just shrugs and says "gravity and clumsiness." Stuff like that makes you realize half the good ideas come from spilling something or mixing the wrong things together on purpose.

parkerkim3mo ago

Got a piece of manzanita that went almost pearlescent after a peroxide soak. The pink you got sounds way more interesting than plain white driftwood, like it picked up a stain from the ocean itself. Wonder if the type of salt or minerals in that stretch of coast causes different reactions?