Thread: Furry bowls!

rough turn it then impregnate it with resin in a vacuum chamber then finish it off would be my suggestion.

I have had good luck painting punky wood with thinned white or yellow glue, or cellulose sanding sealer. The sanding sealer took a long time to dry but did harden up the soft places.

Originally Posted by jimbur

I wonder if watered down Bondcrete will work?
Cheers,
Jim

Originally Posted by Paul39

I have had good luck painting punky wood with thinned white or yellow glue, or cellulose sanding sealer. The sanding sealer took a long time to dry but did harden up the soft places.

I suspect Bondcrete is a PVA like the White glue Paul suggested. I have often thought this should work but don't know how well it soaks in and what ratio to thin it to so the plan is to try copious amounts of sanding sealer between light cuts once the rough-out is dry - should take at longest a month it's so porous!!!

Originally Posted by angryranga

rough turn it then impregnate it with resin in a vacuum chamber then finish it off would be my suggestion.

I'm a bit light-on for vacuum chambers at present but thanks for the suggestion!

I suspect Bondcrete is a PVA like the White glue Paul suggested. I have often thought this should work but don't know how well it soaks in and what ratio to thin it to so the plan is to try copious amounts of sanding sealer between light cuts once the rough-out is dry - should take at longest a month it's so porous!!!

I used 50 - 50 water and glue and kept brushing it on and rotating by hand on the lathe until it quit absorbing. Same with the sanding sealer.

I think I left both sit for a week and both were good and hard when I went back to turning.