How do you make wood stabilized?
Wood stabilization is the process of strengthening wood so that it will no longer respond to changes in humidity. Stabilization can be performed in five steps: drying the wood, loading the vacuum chamber, saturating the wood with resin, curing the wood, and coloring the wood.
How do you stabilize a large piece of wood?
To stabilize wood, you would take a piece of softwood (it can also be referred to as punky) and insert resin into it via injection. In doing this, you then create a hardened wooden piece that is both stable and safe for you to woodturn.
Does stabilized wood need a finish?
You don’t have to apply a finish to stabilized woods. You need only sand the work piece with a succession of 100-, 320-, and 400- grit abrasives, and then buff with a compound to bring out a deep sheen.
What woods can be stabilized?
Most any wood or other porous material can be stabilized. You will have to decided if really hard or dense woods will give you any benefit by being stabilized. If you are knife maker or call maker, stabilizing dense woods may make sense because the stabilizing will help reduce wood movement due to moisture changes.
What wood can you stabilize?
What Woods should be stabilized?
Do you oil stabilized wood?
One coat of tru oil will soak in stabilized wood and it will not scratch or anything. Tru oil is for me the best to enhance the wood. I use it all the time and it dries quickly.
What do you put in vacuum chamber to stabilize wood?
Now, it’s time to place the wood for stabilizing in the vacuum chamber. Use the anti-float plate to prevent the pieces of wood from floating during the process. Next, pour the resin, making sure to cover the wood blanks about an inch. Any resin which is left behind after the stabilizing process can be reused.
What do you need for a stabilizing chamber?
A stabilizing chamber (Some kind of container either homemade or Commercially available that will be able to safely hold vacuum) A vacuum pump capable of achieving a minimum of 28” Hg at sea level. Higher vacuum will produce better stabilized blanks. A toaster oven (you can use your wife’s oven for bigger pieces but use at your own risk)
What’s the best way to stabilize a piece of wood?
Now, it’s time to place the wood for stabilizing in the vacuum chamber. Use the anti-float plate to prevent the pieces of wood from floating during the process. Next, pour the resin, making sure to cover the wood blanks about an inch.
How long does a PVC wood stabilizer last?
This PVC chamber is ideal for woodworkers who use wood stabilization. With our unique patent-pending gasket design (Utility Patent #14/533,548) this chamber is sure to last 10,000 uses with proper care and maintenance.