It's evaporation that counts. The alcohol/water evaporates faster.

"Maxprop" wrote in message
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"Greg Kulibert" wrote in message

One other method I heard about at a demo was to soak the item in alcohol
(ethanol) overnight.

I'm assuming this is utilizing the hygroscopic nature of alcohol.
Following
that line of reasoning, couldn't one also use a concentrated solution of
sugar water? The osmotic gradient would be in favor of pulling the
moisture
out of the wood, I'd think.

Max