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I heard that isopropyl alcohol can be used for curing.
"Another method to reduce starches is to soak bamboo in Isopropyl alcohol (also isopropanol, propan-2-ol, 2-propanol, rubbing alcohol or the abbreviation IPA) This cheap liquid might be easier to use than to slow bake bamboo. Baking at higher temperatures to speed up heating the internal structure will damage the outside surface structure. Much like baking a rare roast at 320 to achieve a quick internal 140 temperature damages the surfaces to create a charred flavored. This is not wanted for bamboo.
Finally, a third world professor also has discovered that soaking bamboo poles, to treat, can be cheaply done by storing the un-split culm vertically and filling the one top cavity with the liquid. in about 24 hours the liquid has soaked most of the height of the culm or pole."
I have attached a couple of papers I had found on preserving and curing bamboo.
"Another method to reduce starches is to soak bamboo in Isopropyl alcohol (also isopropanol, propan-2-ol, 2-propanol, rubbing alcohol or the abbreviation IPA) This cheap liquid might be easier to use than to slow bake bamboo. Baking at higher temperatures to speed up heating the internal structure will damage the outside surface structure. Much like baking a rare roast at 320 to achieve a quick internal 140 temperature damages the surfaces to create a charred flavored. This is not wanted for bamboo.
Finally, a third world professor also has discovered that soaking bamboo poles, to treat, can be cheaply done by storing the un-split culm vertically and filling the one top cavity with the liquid. in about 24 hours the liquid has soaked most of the height of the culm or pole."
I have attached a couple of papers I had found on preserving and curing bamboo.