On 2017-04-21 12:16 PM, Electric Comet wrote:
On Thu, 20 Apr 2017 16:29:43 -0600
graham wrote:

The local chapter of AAW has just had a meeting on resin impregnating
and the speakers emphasised that this should be used before filling
with coloured epoxies. However, note that the curing temperature is

did they mention any brand names


"Cactus Juice" is the brand name.
https://www.turntex.com/product/cact...resin-and-dyes


i also read about one called pentacryl

Don't know.


some of it seems a bit over the top and i think the vacuum stuff is
minimally useful for forcing the resin into the wood and in one video
it looks like they are boiling off the volatile compounds in the resin
product

That's probably air coming out. A friend who uses epoxy to impregnate
wood, puts the pot of mixed epoxy in a vacuum chamber for a while and it
foams up as the air bubbles, that were emplaced during mixing, are
forced out.

When the newsletter describing their techniques comes out, I'll provide
more info.
Graham