Any wood experts out there???

...That's pretty close to how I do it too except that I use a mason jar to heat the Minwax wood hardener in on a double-boiler OUTSIDE and then I vacuum seal it with an OLD Foodsaver sealer...the stuff is called "Minwax High Performance Wood Hardener"...
 
Scott Hartman said:
Darryl, I'll take a shelf or a table leg, I can't pass on some good Oak:rolleyes:
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No joke-- I got a box of furniture legs at a garage sale years ago and they ended up in all kinds of projects. Someone else posted about old TV consoles-- I remember an old cherry console TV/stereo my grandmother had and we would all give our eye teeth for those nicely grained planks now. That sucka weighed a TON!
 
Buck_110 said:
See there Darryl, lotsa people have three legged tables. Apparently there's money in un-needed legs. Got a kidney you don't need?:D
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...Nope...But I do have a "leg" I ain't used in quite some time...might toss out a few "feelers" to see what I could get for that one...:eek: :p :rolleyes:
 
Buck_110 said:
...while the wood is still hot as hell, grab it with tongs and put them into the freezer...fast. Cooling down the wood in a hurry will cause more stabilizer to be sucked deeper into the pores of the wood as it contracts.
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Leave them dripping wet with stabilizer when putting them in the freezer??? Maybe leave them in a shallow pan with some stabilizer in it, in the freezer???

I don't have a dedicated freezer...just the top-of-the-fridge freezer...my cheap grocery store thermometer says -10*F there...but I don't believe it... :rolleyes:
 
DarrylS said:
...That's pretty close to how I do it too except that I use a mason jar to heat the Minwax wood hardener in on a double-boiler OUTSIDE and then I vacuum seal it with an OLD Foodsaver sealer...the stuff is called "Minwax High Performance Wood Hardener"...
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...I gotta mention that this stuff is smelly as all get out and the fumes are FLAMMEABLE...Next time I do it I'm gonna just pour hot water in another container that's holding the jar and keep replacing the hot water as it cools...As my wife has detroyed my "old" Foodsaver I'm just gonna put the lid and then the ring on while the stuff is hot and let the jar make it's own vacuum...DO IT OUTSIDE ...
 
I've sanded and sealed many wood floors since 1990 and thats definately oak. If you want me to finish it just lay it on the floor and I'll do a few passes with me belt sander, might be waifer thin by the time I've finished using the 24 grit. :rolleyes:
Cam
 
...But three different guys did come up and stick dollar bills in my pants...
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Maybe the bar has changes management since the last time you were there.;)

Here is some wood ID info from a book I had handy:
Look at the end grain of the wood. Oak has distinct early season growth rings made up of very large pores (relative to the late season rings). The early season rings should be up to four pores thick for red oak, up to three pores thick for white oak.

A one inch thick slab of red oak would float with 0.63 inches under water. Red oak would float with .67 inches under. If it floats much higher, then it is less dense than the textbook says for oak.
 
Buck_110 said:
Yes, of course put it on/in something...
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OK. Should it be submerged in the stabilizer when put in the freezer???

Does the wood need any special pre-treatment??? I said this was a shelf, and it was...when I first moved in...since then, it's been in an outside shed for ~10 years...

OK...Does the wood need any treatment after stabilizing??? Does the hardener...er, "harden"??? Enough to epoxy it to the liner??? Or should I epoxy it first, *then* stabilize it???

...The Question Man... :eek: :p :D
 
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