JR,

I've had good luck with a water thin epoxy from www.rotdoctor.com.
There is a similar product called Polyall 2000, but as I recall, I it
was only available in Canada. Maybe that's changed now, but you the Rot
Doctor product is the same I believe and it's available.

Art

JRJohnson wrote:

Guys, I just got a couple of large box elder trees that blew down in the
latest storm. The reason they blew down was that they were rotted up the
heart. Only 1-3" of wood on the outside was solid. But when I cut the
trunks up, it had the most beautiful spalting and color you could imagine.
The problem is that the wood is too soft to turn.

Does anyone know of a method to harden the wood? A thin epoxy, or something
like that? Even a liquid plastic in a high pressure vessel? Any successes
out there at all? This stuff is absolutely beautiful, and it would pain me
to toss it out.

Thanks,
James Johnson