Char Wood with Shou Sugi Ban Technique

finishing all right boys and girls to prepare the chest for the outside element so we're going to prepare it using the Japanese would preserve a technique called Shu Shu Gabon essentially we're gonna take our TS 8000 torch with a bird's o matic propane gas we're gonna set our dial adjust our flame to be nice and controlled and we're gonna start burning at following the pattern as much as we can if you want to save yourself a little bit of money and go with a cheaper would like a Douglas fir or a pine you totally can just don't worry about scorching the wood all the way just give it a nice cool Brown look in the meantime let's get let's go so traditionally there are two versions of the suzuki bent technique there is a brush and a non brushed version we're doing the non brushed version to give that more of the black concentrated look and the applications behind it really historically they're showing signs of it decreasing decay and rot in wood stabilizes the wood movement it decreases the insect infestation in the wood structure itself and they're actually showing signs of it being more or improvs fire retardancy like which is kind of funny because we're actually using fire to burn this thing up so historically it's a very practical applications and I knew that this grill would sit outside for an extended period of time so I wanted to be ready for any types of elements and what better way than doing the trick way after we have the project burnt and