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Very
rarely, the infiltration appear in top of stave but rather in the half
of the external thickness and very rarely in the half of the internal
thickness of the stave this last being protected by the passage of the
barrel head.
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 The
repairer should research with patience and persistence the precise
point of the leak. This one will always be at the height of the wine
mark, the liquid always leaks naturally downwards.
It is important
to know that only one or two wood veins are spongy
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The repairer
will scratch the wet area and will look for the origin leak point while
ascending the wine mark upwards.
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He should not
hesitate to repeat several times this same gesture in order to localize
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Then,
when he will have found it precisely, the repairer should make with the
help of a very tapered stamp a small conical hole just below the leak
of more or less a centimeter
Press
in this small hole a small wood cone (or plug), slowly, with the help
of a small hammer, in the intention to stop the passage of the liquid.
The plug should penetrate between 1 to 1,5 cm but not more otherwise
one risks to crack the stave.
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This plug is a
cone cutted in a hard wood (oak).
The
plug end exceeding of the stave will be cut off with the help of a
cutting tool while paying a lot of attention to incise the cone
simultaneously all around in order to avoid damaging the wood.
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This
small wood cone should be sufficient to stop the sponginess. In the
case or, probably because or an experience lack, a small leak persists,
it will be necessary to insist in the very precise research of the
leaking point and not to hesitate to insert one or two small plugs.
There is not hazard to aggravate this type of leak, at the only
condition to avoid the extrem internal side of the head of the stave.
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