Stabilized wood problem

Will52100

Will52100

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I bougt some stabilized thuya burl a while back and when I went to use it I discovered that the resin was not cured. I wiped the surface down with acetone in preperation to epoxy it and resine came out of the wood. I tried baking for an hour at 250 deg.F., but it's still soft. Any idea's to save this wood, it realy is beutiful. I got it from WSSI and is the first piece I've had a problem with.
 
e-mail mike, Will. He'll tell you what to do with it and if it doesn't fix the problem he'll send you a piece to replace it..

Bill
 
This is a problem with thuya burl. When we receive our thuya from WSSI we bake the wood for a few hours at 200-250 degrees. Dark oil always drips out of the wood so be sure to put aluminum foil under the wood. We let the wood cool and set it aside for a few weeks. When we do this we've never had a problem with uncured stabilant.
 
I store my thuya for a year after stabilization ,and it still is a bit gummy sometimes.Some Redwood burl and a few other woods will do the same. Follow the above advise.
 
I sent an email to WSI, haven't heard back yet. I baked the scales for about an hour at 250 and it didn't seem to help. When I get to the house they'll have set up for a couple weeks and I'll check on them then. Shame that it's a problem with thuya, it realy is awsome looking stuff.
 
I already asked the same question to mike from WSSI ,
here is his answer:

Hi Alain,
We do process Rosewood burl and Thuya. There is some weaping of natural oil to the surface on many pieces. You just have to apply some heat. It can be something as simple as putting the wood in a window sill with the sun heating it up. You will see oil come to the surface, just wipe or sand it off and put back in the heat. this can take a week or so.
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