Thread: New found Skill

Betty, or Mrs Boop if you prefer. Cactus Juice is used to stabilize / harden wood, or other soft materials, for turning. It is a liquid soaked into the wood, usually under vacuum, and when saturated, is heated in an oven to harden the liquid. It is most often used on spalted wood (partially decayed) that would otherwise be unusable. It makes the unturnable into something you can work with.

Cats Juice stinks so give it a pass if it is offered to you.

Pete

It is used for stabilizing, and yes I use it, works well. Do a search and you will find a few posts by me using it, including videos on U-tube during a demo day I held a while back.

ok sounds a bit advanced for me - I think I might have to give it a miss

One question I do have you says it smells, what do you prefer (or don't you do it either ..?)

Originally Posted by BettyBoop

One question I do have you says it smells, what do you prefer (or don't you do it either ..?)

I was jokingly referring to the cat juice, aka cat piddle, you referred to in the first post. I don't know about the smell of the stabilizer "Cactus Juice", proper product name.

Pete

that was so subtle i didn't notice it , thanks for fixing it up and yes I will stay away from cat's juice - guessing it wouldn't work....Would it.???