Bake or K Meta barrel staves?

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We have staves from a leaky barrel that only had wine in it for 3 weeks. Want to use them in our neutral barrels for extra oak. They have been dry for 6 months now. Thinking of baking them in oven to sterilize or should we do a K Meta soak or in a bucket with fumes. If you baked yours how long? And at what temperature? Thanks, Roy
 
Ok, Fred thanks. My gut says bake them too. If I don’t have a lot of input the other way I’ll bake them. I’ve sanded them And drilled them so I can attach a fishing line to pull them out easily. Think they will add a lot of oak and save me a lot of Money on spirals !
 

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