Cactus Juice Stabilizing Resin is a heat-cured resin used for stabilizing and hardening wood. <\/strong>Cactus juice is not solvent-based, not toxic, and not flammable. It does not significantly change the color of the wood after it is finished stabilizing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Cactus Juice comes in two parts. The Cactus Juice Resin is the first and the other is the Activator Agent. The activator bottle comes in the right proportions to the resin. Just pour the activator agent into the resin and shake well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Activated Cactus Juice Stabilizing Resin has a shelf life of 12 months<\/strong>, unactivated Cactus Juice Stabilizing resin has a shelf life of 3 years. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nCan Rotten And Punky Wood Be Stabilized?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Wood that has started the rotting process and punky wood can be stabilized<\/strong>. Stabilizing pieces that are somewhat rotten and punky is actually one of the main reasons we stabilize wood. By stabilizing these pieces we bring new life into otherwise useless pieces of wood. <\/p>\n\n\n\nWhat Kind Of Wood Is Used For Stabilizing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
All types of woods can be stabilized.<\/strong> But the most common woods to stabilize are wood types with unique grain patterns like Curly Maple, Elm Burl, Maple Burl, Birch Burl, Bog Oak, Spalted wood, Black Walnut, and much more. The more interesting the grain pattern is before stabilizing, the better it will look after stabilizing. Especially when adding color to the Cactus Juice Resin. <\/p>\n\n\n\nThe density of the wood will also determine if it is good for stabilizing<\/strong>. If the wood is dense like Black Walnut, it will have a hard time soaking up the resin. This can result in poor penetration of the resin into the wood. Less dense wood will have an easier time soaking up the resin.<\/p>\n\n\n\nIs Stabilized Wood Waterproof<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Stabilized wood is not waterproof, but it is water-resistant.<\/strong> If we compare stabilized wood to what it was before we stabilized it will be less impacted by water than when it was natural. Natural wood will expand and contract in relation to the moisture content of its surrounding environment. <\/p>\n\n\n\nStabilized wood will stay more or less the same unless heavily disturbed. But I would not put stabilized wood in the washing machine. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Stabilizing wood makes the wood harder, heavier, more resistant to rot, water-resistant and the wood generally gets more pleasant to work with because of the even structure. Stabilized wood also<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","footnotes":""},"categories":[20,18],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainlywoodwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainlywoodwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainlywoodwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainlywoodwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainlywoodwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=521"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/mainlywoodwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1810,"href":"https:\/\/mainlywoodwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521\/revisions\/1810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainlywoodwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainlywoodwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainlywoodwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}