How to dry wood for resin casting and stabilization - Resin Tutorial
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- Опубликовано: 6 янв 2020
- How to dry wood for resin casting and stabilization - Resin Tutorial
In this video I will show you the process of drying wood to get it ready to be casted with resin or to be stabilized with Cactus Juice Resin. We need to get the content of moisture in wood to 0% and I will show you how to do it and how to check if the moisture got to 0%. I will also show you some tips on how to store your wood after drying it.
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This process can be very dangerous and could lead to a fire, never leave the oven unattended. You are responsible for your own safety.
Please be careful when using resin, it could be toxic and dangerous substance. Always read safety warnings on your resin and follow correct protective equipment that is recommended.
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DISCLAIMER
This process can be very dangerous and could lead to a fire, never leave the oven unattended. You are responsible for your own safety.
Please be careful when using resin, it could be toxic and dangerous substance. Always read safety warnings on your resin and follow correct protective equipment that is recommended.
Nice video, very helpful.
Thank you kindly 👍
Good video. One little suggestion. Take a slip of paper and write on it the date you put the piece(s) in the bag and be sure to include the final dry weight. Put the slip in the bag or wrap the slip up in with the individual piece of wood. That way if you don't stabilize it right away you still have that information available.
That's a cool tip. Thank you
Very nice and thorough. Thanks for sharing. This will come in handy for me this year. :D I have two toaster ovens that I use for creating so I could use either or both for wood drying. :D - Heidi
Cool thanks for watching, hope my videos will be helpful 😁👍
Great video Brother!! 👍👍
Thank you kindly my friend 👍
Great stuff
Thank you for watching 👍😁
How do I prepare drift wood for resin projects
Interesting video. Thanks for sharing. This method is new to me. I saw some videos where people put wood in a micro-wave oven, which works much faster.
I haven't tried it myself yet. But: how realistic is zero percent moisture? And is it really necessary to go that low? Kiln dried wood is about 6-8% for furniture.
0% most likely not but about 3-4% is achievable
hi, do you have to dry wood always before using it in small resin projects? I have a few small off cuts, and was thinking of making some small amulets ect. Also would you recommend getting a pressure pot, if so which should I buy that doesn't need any modifications in the UK.
I do recomend that you dry your wood a bit, the less moisture it will have the better results you'll get when casting with resin. Some resins react very badly to moisture like the Alumilite. I got my pressure pot from them www.pressurepots.co.uk/pressure-tank-only.html
Pressure pots are expensive and I would only recomend them if you will actually use them. But if you can afford them then I have to say they do give fantastic results.
8-12 moisture reading good for most projects, plenty of dried wood here but unfortunately it’s bushfire hazardous, cheers mate
Thats correct mate, but this process it to get the wood ready for stabilization with Cactus juice or resin casting
How is it going, it looks terrible on the news mate
Casual DIY Bery true 👍👍👍
Casual DIY Some reprieve however next few days hot again but firefighters have put in a lot of fire breaks so that helps, imagine ongoing fire with a tidal wave that lingers & wont hit the shoreline, pretty similar 😔👍
It just looks like hell on earth hope you and your family will stay safe mate. Can't even imagine how bad it must be.
Ciao un saluto dall Italia 🇮🇹..volevo chiederti che tipo di legno usi per fare della bella stabilizzazione? Grazie njk
Ciao, il più interessante che riesco a trovare. Con venature del legno irregolari. La cosa migliore è la radica ma molto costosa e difficile da ottenere. Legno infetto da funghi, ma stabile e asciutto.
Is it completely necessary to stabilize the scales?
for best results yes
At 8:49 You said you wrap the pieces in tin foil. Having watched the full video I assume that you meant to say 'cling wrap' as I did not see tin foil used at any point. Interesting video, thank you.
Lol yes mate that's correct. Watched my video like 7 times before posting and not noticed that 🤣👍
@@CasualDIY No problem - I hang on every word you say!!
@@robbristow hehe I can't believe that someone is actually listening to me waffle on
Hi the link to Pam Harris says the channel does not exist 😯
Hmm it's probably me typing it wrong I'll try to fix it 👍
can I dry wood naturally to use it with resin for little pieces. like, leave it for some days in the sun!😂
Lol hard to predict 🤔
You never get zero moisture. Wood is hygroscopic and thus reacts to fluctuations in humidity: when the humidity drops, the wood moisture content drops, and vice versa. There is therefore a constant relationship between air humidity and wood moisture, which is called wood moisture or sorption equilibrium (up/down balance).
That's correct, this process is to get the wood ready for stabilization process after which the pice of wood get much higher resistance to moisture 👍
Man, you complicate things way too much! I have a jeweler's oven with 15 heat settings. I put the wood in and set on setting #1, 175 degrees F for 24 hrs. Never have I had a problem. My resin is Alumilite water clear! Very sensitive to moisture!
Thats cool mate, may work for you, may not work for others. I think this is just the most comprehensive way of doing this to get the best results. But as you go and learn and see what works for you then you adjust the process. Simple👍😁
To be fair, treating wood with Alumilite Water is not the same as treating with Cactus Juice and other things that impregnate the wood.
If I were to put your Aluminite treated wood on my large sander and remove the surface, then bury it in my garden, it would rot. The whole idea of things like Cactus Juice is to, as much as possible, impregnate the wood with resin.
When I treated wood with "Plastic Oil," the resin oil went deep into the wood. Essentially, I ended up with VERY LARGE pieces of wood that were very nearly plastic wood and that could be buried in a garden for years, without rotting.
That said, yes, some things can be made more simple.
Kelly, the man was simply talking about removing moisture from wood. No more, no less.
All talk very little action. Thumbs down.
There is enough shown and enough said but I respect your view, you get a thumbs up from me 👍