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Old 12-19-2002, 08:50 PM
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stabilize wood

anyone know how to stabilize wood? ive got the wood i just am clueless how to stabilize it.
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Old 12-20-2002, 07:48 AM
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Old 12-20-2002, 09:49 AM
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To stabilize the wood yourself you have to build a container that can be pressurized for several days. You also have to draw a vacuum on the container and hold that for a few days (or at least for a few hours). You will need to buy some fairly expensive chemicals if you want a really good job of it although you can get fair results using wood sealers and other common wood treatments.

But none of that is as fast, easy and cost effective as following Don's suggestion would be...
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Old 12-24-2002, 05:12 PM
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droppoint,
I've experimented with stabilizing wood for the past year. I've tried cement sealers, pentacryl, wood hardener, CPES, and Methacrylate. I have to say I was not happy with any of them except Methacrylate. I use a formula from Conservators Emporium (I think that's their name) called Acryloid B-72. It comes in pellet form which you dissolve in Acetone. I then put it in a home-made vacuum setup and pull -30in. of vacuum. I pull the vacuum, release, pull vacuum, release etc. for a couple of days. The wood absorbs alot of the liquid, and after a few days take it out, then let it dry out for a week to 10 days. This stuff is great and the benefits are huge. It finishes up nicely, with no need for a sealer. I've used it on lots of different types of wood burl, antler, and ivory. Try it out. $30 for the B-72, $35 for a used dental vacuum, $5 for the canning jar, $3 for the acetone, and $20 for the diamond drill bit for the holes. That's what it cost me. Just watch out for the acetone fumes. They are EXPLOSIVE. Anyway, I enjoy it for the pleasure of doing it yourself, not to save money.

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Old 12-24-2002, 09:56 PM
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thanks for the input, you use a canning jar for the vacum tank? how do you attach the pump to the lid?
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Old 12-26-2002, 09:07 AM
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Droppoint,
I use the all glass canning jars, with the hinged lid. I bought one of the diamond drill bits for glass to drill the hole. Then inserted a brass hose connector, and epoxied it in place. Ebay is the place to go for the vacuum pump. Check out the following link for instructions on how to make the canning jar setup.

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Old 12-26-2002, 06:19 PM
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