TMI Stabilizing Resin & Catalyst Quart

I've used this resin to stabilize spalted maple, curly maple, apple wood, black locust and wild cherry. It works great as long as the wood is completely dry. If there is more than 3-4% moisture a lot of the resin will come out as the water vaporizes.I dry my wood in a food dehydrator at 145° F for around 24 hours before colling and putting it directly in the vacuum chamber.Plan on baking thick pieces of wood for a LONG time. It takes over 2 1/2 hours for me to get the resin in 1/4" - 3/8" thick knife handle scales fully hardened.

Stuff I got did not work. Called manufacturer. They said my oven might not be right. Ha ha. I was using a $2000 heat treat oven. Once you dial in the temp it’s +\- 1 degree. They said I may not have had enough hardener ( and they would send more )Tried a second batch for longer cook time. No good. Ruined all my material ( I have been a furniture maker for 25 years and got some Burl poplar have never seen this before ) Called numerous times and they never called back.If you can’t stand behind your product close your doors.In my book you guys suck. Even if you have good product I will never use it because of your “ sucky “ no customer service.

Followed the directions and it worked without issue. Used it on some buckeye burl that was on the verge of being punky, and it hardened it sufficiently to where the grain and softer wood around it all sanded uniformly and added chatoyancy to the wood, or a 3D visual depth to the grain. I top coated with superglue and polished it and then knocked the gloss back to satin with fine scotchbrite and ended up with a really nice effect overall.

It worked as it was intended to, no smell and it lasts and lasts and lasts. I've stabilized quite a bit and still have over half a quart.

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