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Old 03-01-2017, 11:26 PM
Doug Lester Doug Lester is offline
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Just be aware that not all woods can be stabilized. The oily dense woods, such as the ones in the Rosewood family, won't except the resins. The good news is that those woods pretty much just need to be sanded out to a fine grit and buffed. The bad news is the wood in the Rosewood family may be getting hard to find due to new regulations. There are some woods, like Osage Orange, that can be stabilized but why. They can sanded out and buffed with a little wax. Then there are soft woods, like cedar, that are too soft to use without stabilization and, of course, I would't use a burl without having it stabilized. Nor would I use an Ebony without having it treated. Of course that leaves a lot of woods somewhere in between. You just can't get around knowing your woods.

Doug


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