Stabilized Wood Question

[Dennis Paish]

Greetings,
I thought when wood was stabilized it would not absorb water. But reading this quote below indicates it will......

I'm confused....

Regards,
Dennis
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QuoteThe following are excerpts from an article by Michael Thompson written for the March/April 1991 issue of Blade Magazine entitled ANY WOOD FOR A KNIFE HANDLE

...Stabilized wood will take in moisture by capillary action much like steel wool is waterproof but will absorb water like a sponge. If you put a block of stabilized wood in water, it will become saturated in a few hours. The actual fibers are dry but the spaces will pick up moisture. If you lay the wood on a workbench, the water will leak out overnight and the piece will be dry again tomorrow...

 

[lb14306]

remember that was long ago. i don't think it would apply today.

 

[gixxer]

when you think of plain non stabilized wood absorbing water, that is to include pores AND fibers. The fibers get wet, swell, and you have a pretzel instead of a nice flat piece of wood. Stabilized wood abosrbs water in the pores and NOT the fibers since the fibers are occupied by acrylic. Not that I have scientific proof about that, but that is my opinion.