Recent content by TurnTex

Smithy, The ONLY difference might be the time pulling vacuum and the amount of time soaking. When I teach classes, I always tell folks that if you bring me a telephone pole and a large enough vacuum chamber, I can stabilize it and get complete penetration! A 4x4x4 piece actually should not...

Brad, If you follow my recommendations of the oven at 215°F for 24 hours, it will be dry. Forget your moisture meter, even for wood. There is not a moisture meter out there, at least that an average guy can afford, that will measure lower than 6% accurately. Even then, most folks who have...

Clifton, Please see my answers to your questions below in red! I hope this helps some! If you still have questions, I am always happy to help any way I can!

It is not a matter of stabilized more than others! All we are doing with stabilizing is filling the empty space in the material with resin, thus reducing moisture absorption and its negative effects. Portions of a material will be more and less dense. Dense material has less empty space in it...

Yes, dying and stabilizing at one time is done all the time. It is as simple as adding dye to the Juice and going to town! I offer Alumilite dyes which I have found to be the best since they are a reactive dye and are pure liquid. This means that nothing you stabilize will "filter out" any...