I was playing around with different finishing techniques and products.
I've built a small table out of pine, just to practice, so it's not really
important. I stained it with a light red oak stain and it looks pretty
nice. I now want to seal it. I got to thinking and I have used both
polyester and epoxy resins when sealing plywood stitch and glue boats, and
they've both worked pretty well. I'm wondering how it would work if I
sealed the entire table in polyester resin? The stuff's pretty strong and
would definitely lock the woods moisture content, so it should keep
movement to a minimum, right?
anyone tried anything similar?
tillius
On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 11:55:31 GMT, "Groggy" <[email protected]>
Crawled out of the shop and said. . .:
>"Traves W. Coppock" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
>> im not sure about the characteristics of polyester resin, but in my
>> experience, NOTHING short of encasing wood in a block of acrylic will
>> "lock" in the moisture content. the stuff breaths, and i doubt it can
>> be stopped from doing so.
>
>
>That may change soon Traves. There is some interesting work being done with
>microwave technology. Apparently the wood is cooked, then a vacuum draws
>sealer or other compounds into the wood. The options are exciting more than
>a few scholars at present.
>
>Greg
>
>
now THAT, is interesting.
might make alot of things easier to do. . .
thanks for the heads up Greg!
Traves
On 10-Aug-2003, Tillius <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm wondering how it would work if I
> sealed the entire table in polyester resin? The stuff's pretty strong and
> would definitely lock the woods moisture content, so it should keep
> movement to a minimum, right?
Polyester resins aren't waterproof and absorb water (one reason why
vinylester resins are more common in boats).. Epoxy would be better.
Mike
"Traves W. Coppock" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> im not sure about the characteristics of polyester resin, but in my
> experience, NOTHING short of encasing wood in a block of acrylic will
> "lock" in the moisture content. the stuff breaths, and i doubt it can
> be stopped from doing so.
That may change soon Traves. There is some interesting work being done with
microwave technology. Apparently the wood is cooked, then a vacuum draws
sealer or other compounds into the wood. The options are exciting more than
a few scholars at present.
Greg
On Sun, 10 Aug 2003 20:18:09 -0500, Tillius <[email protected]> Crawled
out of the shop and said. . .:
>I was playing around with different finishing techniques and products.
>
>I've built a small table out of pine, just to practice, so it's not really
>important. I stained it with a light red oak stain and it looks pretty
>nice. I now want to seal it. I got to thinking and I have used both
>polyester and epoxy resins when sealing plywood stitch and glue boats, and
>they've both worked pretty well. I'm wondering how it would work if I
>sealed the entire table in polyester resin? The stuff's pretty strong and
>would definitely lock the woods moisture content, so it should keep
>movement to a minimum, right?
>
>anyone tried anything similar?
>
>tillius
im not sure about the characteristics of polyester resin, but in my
experience, NOTHING short of encasing wood in a block of acrylic will
"lock" in the moisture content. the stuff breaths, and i doubt it can
be stopped from doing so.
Traves