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GET A CANNING JAR AND PUT YOUR SCALES IN IT THEN COVER WITH MINWAX WOOD HARDENER.PLACE JAR WITH LID ON BUT NOT!!!TIGHTENED.IT MUST BE LOOSE TO ALLOW SOME VENTING WHILE HEATING BUT THE LID LIMITS THE VAPORS.PUT JAR IN A LARGE POT FILLED WITH JUST ENOUGH WATER TO COME UP TO ABOUT 1/2 INCH BELOW THE TOP.DO THIS OUTSIDE OR IN A WELL VENTILATED AREA ON A HOTPLATE.NOT GAS.BRING WATER TO 200 DEGREES AND LET THE JAR REST IN IT UNTIL IT COMES UP TO TEMP.ABOUT FIVE TO TEN MINUTES FOR A QUART SIZED JAR.WHEN THE JAR IS UP TO TEMP REMOVE THE JAR AND TIGHTEN THE LID.AS THE JAR COOLS A VACUUM WILL BE CREATED.ALLOW THE WOOD TO STAY IN THE JAR FOR TWO WEEKS.REMOVE AND LET SIT.NOW YOU HAVE STABILZED WOOD WITHOUT HAVING TO BUY A VACUUM SETUP
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