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Drying Defects 32 The drying of lumber can cause a wide variety of defects . These defects can be divided into three different classes based on their cause shrinkage , fungal and extractive . 1 . Shrinkage-Related Defects The fact that wood shrinks as it dries can lead to the development of several different drying defects . During the initial or early stages of drying , the outer shell of a board loses its moisture and once the fiber saturation point is reached the surface layer begins to shrink . The more massive inner core , however , is still above the fiber saturation point an