Thread: source for stabilized wood

Originally Posted by denmason

Just been tinkering in the shed. Pulled out my old 3.5 gallon pressure pot and slapped a new seal ring in it. Replaced the pressure release valve with a more suitable valve. Removed the siphon tube, changed out the gauges to vacuum gauges. Got hooked to the vacuum pump and it's pulling as I type. I might be changing my stabilization method very soon. We'll see, just hope it hold a vacuum, should though, this pot is built like a tank.

So far we have had excellent penetration with 56 PSI pressure and a 3 day soak at that pressure but we are stabilizing soft woods like spalted maple. From what I have read the preferred method is a vacuum at 2 bars and a long soak time.

Originally Posted by kilowattkid

Denmason,
After you have sanded your scales, is it a matter of buffing them to a luster, or do you have to then coat with CA or poly? I seem to have read with other things like acrylic stabilzers, all you do is polish. I think resinol from loctite is one of them.
This is definately good info for future and up and coming scale makers.

Jerry

The process of stabilizing does not seal the wood, the resin is absorbed by the fibers and coats the fibers making the fibers waterproof. But... the capillaries are still somewhat open. Although water can get inside the piece of wood it will do no damage. The razors still need to be sealed with something if you wish to avoid the absorbtion of moisture.
This morning I took out the first batch of wood from an acrylic stabilizer solution called Acryloid B-72 and let it dry for 3 hours.. I sanded and then buffed the wood and it looked very good. In the future I will be making up a "dipping", thicker, solution of the same stuff to use as a sealer.

Loctite Resinol 90C is supposedly very good but at a minimum order of $300 for 4 gallons I will be experimenting with some other proven performer's like Acryloid B-72 that archeologists/bone diggers use to preserve their finds.

Hope this helps,

Well the pot is holding at just under 4 bars. I give it another day as I seem to have a "belly bug" and I'm not feeling so good. Never thought I'd be using the vacuum pump for this. I usually only use it when I build phase change units for my computer cooling systems. This is too kewl....

4 Bars!?!? Thats a powerful vac! What kind of pump is that?

It's a home made job. Actually 3 pumps working as one using old refrigeration pumps. Learned to make it from an Overclockers site. I use it to evacuate phase change units. I use phase change to cool my rig (computer). It freezes my cpu. My little E6600 that is rated at 2.4GHz is running at 4.2GHz full time. Benchmark drag racing stuff.

I assume you mean refrigerator compressors? Cool!

That's pretty sick stuff! Way to get some speed out of a bargain chip!

Originally Posted by denmason

It's a home made job. Actually 3 pumps working as one using old refrigeration pumps. Learned to make it from an Overclockers site. I use it to evacuate phase change units. I use phase change to cool my rig (computer). It freezes my cpu. My little E6600 that is rated at 2.4GHz is running at 4.2GHz full time. Benchmark drag racing stuff.

Originally Posted by randydance062449

I assume you mean refrigerator compressors? Cool!

Exactly what they are, I just took them out of old refrigerators.

Originally Posted by fotoguru

That's pretty sick stuff! Way to get some speed out of a bargain chip!

Gotta love overclocking, cpu on phase, north & south bridges on chilled alcohol along with the vid card.
But, better get back on topic.
My pot seems to need a new seal ring, I'll replace it on next batch of goodies. I'm off to crack it open and let the first batch dry out for a couple days.

damn denmason! u got 4.2 outta your E6600!! wow man wow.

i am just using air with a tuniq tower to OC to 3.0 stable for many months now and thought i was doing alright but 4.2 is a doosy. have you measured how much electricity you're burnin up with your computer on? must make your bill nice and high.

good work and reporting you guys on the stablizing. keep it coming!!

~J

I just sawed some B-72 & acetone stabilized ash burl into 1/4" thickness that had been drying for a week. It warped!

Let your stuff dry.