stabilizing wood

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KodyL

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I have some wood that I would like to try and stabilize. I have heard of catus juice but a bit too expensive to do the small piece that I have. I saw on YouTube where a guy heated some min wax wood stabilizer and the wood in a quart canning jar in a water bath and screwed the cap on creating a vacuum. "Canned Wood" I suppose after a day or so you could take the wood out and wrap it in tinfoil and bake it in your shop toaster oven for a hour or so at about 140 * F Maybe not the safest, depending on the flash point of the stabilizer. What are your thoughts and suggestions? Would like to know what some of you guys have tried and your successes. Thanks
 
Just watched a YT video showing a guy using MINWAX wood hardener. Makes it look pretty easily. Just look up "stabilizing wood" on YT and you'll find it and others.
 
My thoughts are I don't bother with half@**ed solutions.

Minwax stabilizing, while better than nothing is nothing like true stabilizing.

If I were to do this method though. I'd do it to wood that was at least already partially shaped. You're not going to get any stabilizer all the way into the wood using this method.

Personally..I'd rather send my stuff out to someone who's set up with proper vacuum pumps and such.
 
Good idea about semi finishing the scales. Sending things out for someone to finish kinda defeats the purpose of a hobby. I think I will give it a try. Thanks for the replies.
LX_Emergency said:
My thoughts are I don't bother with half@**ed solutions.

Minwax stabilizing, while better than nothing is nothing like true stabilizing.

If I were to do this method though. I'd do it to wood that was at least already partially shaped. You're not going to get any stabilizer all the way into the wood using this method.

Personally..I'd rather send my stuff out to someone who's set up with proper vacuum pumps and such.
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KodyL said:
Good idea about semi finishing the scales. Sending things out for someone to finish kinda defeats the purpose of a hobby. I think I will give it a try. Thanks for the replies.
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It all depends on what your hobby is. Mine is making knives from materials, not making materials themselves.

I don't smelt my own steel, don't make my own micarta, don't stabilise my own wood or turn my own pins.
 
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