Has anyone tried this technique for stabilizing wood?

People have used that tutorial.

I will just say that it is a far different outcome than having the wood professionally done with the proper resins.
K&G and WSSI both do excellent stabilizing.
 
PnW - I tried that technique a few years ago on a set of figured maple slabs with less than stellar results. The hardener only penetrated a fraction of the thickness, and when it dried the wood just felt "odd". Yes, it did "something", but hardly(no pun intended) what I expected or hoped. And, as Stacy mentioned, this is not the same process used by the pros. WSSI and K&G do the real deal and the results are far better than this home brew. IMHO.

-Peter
 
Thanks. Looks like I'll be checking into K&G and WSSI and as a bonus it frees up some time i was going to use this weekend!

Much appreciated.
 
Minwax wood hardener is a product to surface harden rotten wood so you can paint over it.
Years back I tried it out with less than good results.
Plus the fumes are killer......literally.

I tried lots of different methods and found you can get better results for less money by having it done by K&G or one of the other professionals. K&G is the only company I have used and I have been happy with everything they have done for me.
 
Ive tried many diffrent "recipies" and while several were OK, IMHO your money ahead by sending it to K&G or WSSI.

Think of the time/effort and $$ you are putting into your knives, and the cost of a pro stabilization isnt really that much!

God Bless
Mike
 
It probably gets the Minwax in a bit deeper, but the result is still not as hard a resin as the acrylics used in professional stabilization.

Minwax won't tell you what resin is in the stuff, but it is only 25% of the mix. The rest is 72% acetone and 3% methanol.
I would be willing to bet that if a block of wood was weighed before and after a Minwax wood hardener "stabilization", the difference would be slight. I know that when my wood is done by K&G or WSSI, it comes back a lot heavier.

Ariel Silva had a vacuum bag system that also used a hole in the wood block to allow entration to the center. Maybe there is no K&G or WSSI in that part of South America.
 
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