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"Mac"

02/10/2003 2:44 PM

Pressure used to stabilize wood ???

I'm interested in the stabilizing where they use a liquid acrylic or other
resin under pressure to impregnate wood, I saw some very dense hardwood
that had been treated with stain and resin, I'm interested in the process
used, pressure or vacuum, resin, color, all the good stuff.
The wood I saw was small pieces for use as knife handles and was
wandering whether they treat larger pieces of wood for other projects.

Here is a link to the one of many sites offering this product and
service. http://www.stabilizedwood.com/main.shtml I have no connection to
this site just posting to show the process I'm talking about, any
information would be great, Thanks, Ben


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TW

Traves W. Coppock

in reply to "Mac" on 02/10/2003 2:44 PM

03/10/2003 1:57 AM

On Thu, 02 Oct 2003 16:54:08 +0100, Andy Dingley
<[email protected]> Crawled out of the shop and said. . .:

>On Thu, 02 Oct 2003 14:44:33 GMT, "Mac" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>I'm interested in the stabilizing where they use a liquid acrylic or other
>>resin under pressure to impregnate wood,
>
>Doesn't work. You're better off using a _vacuum_ to empty the pores of
>the wood, then let the resin flow in by capillary action.

or one might just soak it in the resin...take a piece of oak and put
just one end (end grain) in some water, , , in no time, you have a
completely soaked board

just a thought

T

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Andy Dingley

in reply to "Mac" on 02/10/2003 2:44 PM

02/10/2003 4:54 PM

On Thu, 02 Oct 2003 14:44:33 GMT, "Mac" <[email protected]> wrote:

>I'm interested in the stabilizing where they use a liquid acrylic or other
>resin under pressure to impregnate wood,

Doesn't work. You're better off using a _vacuum_ to empty the pores of
the wood, then let the resin flow in by capillary action.


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Smert' spamionam


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