What You Need To Know About Stabilized Wood Blocks

By Richard Cook


Having your wood lumps stabilized is fundamental. However, where skills lack and special instructions, the procedure can be tiresome. Hiring a professional to stabilize these blocks for you or buying their already completed lumps is expensive and you can cut down the cost through preparing yours. Stabilized wood blocks have multiple uses and can be used for knife handles, gun, and pistol grip and eventually furniture or crafts that help decorate the interior. Stabilizing these lumps enhances the durability and strength for the timber and dispenses warping whatsoever. Seemingly, stabilization process is cheap and highly lucrative when you facilitate it on your own. This article pinpoints certain tips on how to stabilize the timber chunks and the materials necessitated for the same process.

Primarily, you need to acquire all the materials required. Air compressor, resin, tint, vacuum chamber, aluminum foil, and protective gear. When acquiring the protective gear, you should remember to include a mask, goggles, and gloves. Identify some proper clothes to use and these clothes must be appropriate for dirt and extreme filth for that case. An oven that is Fahrenheit is necessitated in the process as well.

Wood blanks must be prepared. There are instances where you will have to determine which type to stabilize and which to abhor from using. Remember, there are many types of timber and depending on your need, you will determine the most appropriate one. At times, you might acknowledge some void on the block. These void spaces should be covered or filled using superglue for the large voids and sanding for a smaller void.

When it comes to preparing the timber hunks, ensure to keep them dry. Wet or moisture hunks are never ideal for stabilizing and the process will eventually be ineffective. You can use either the oven or the food dehydrator in your home to dry your timber. The maximum moisture level should be ten percent. You can purchase a moisture meter to assess the levels.

A stabilizing vacuum chamber or unit helps mix the resin and the dye together. Once you have mixed the two; where color is necessitated, ensure to inundate the blocks into the vacuum. Generally, manufacturers will avail reliable instructions for using a given brand. Therefore, make sure to peruse through the instructions and determine the whole procedure. Once the chunks are submerged, make sure to seal the vacuum ardently and follow the acquired instructions diligently.

When the timber hunks absorb the resin as well as the dye ensure to create a curing space. Curing entails having the blocks dry up. The drying procedure entails wrapping these resin-wetted chunks with aluminum foils. Preheat your oven up to two hundred degrees and have the wrapped hunks baked. The curing and cooling process might take a maximum of two days. Dried up resin on the chunk should be hard and well crystallized.

Finally, the already cured can be used for different purposes. Where you want to change the color or stabilize colorless chunks, ensure to use another resin. Never mix leftover resin with a patent one no matter what.

Stabilization process is not complicated or complex at all. It necessitates ardency and carefulness. Consequently, you will experience an interesting process that is profitable and rewarding.




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