DIY Wood Stabilize System?

[Crooked Stic]

Welp I done it today  Bought me some nice walnut and hard maple. And theeeeeen 4 gal. of juice and some dye. $$$$$

[Kirkll]

You don't try and stabilize the hard maple do you? I wouldn't imagine you'd get much penetration.

[Crooked Stic]

Kirk that is what you would think but all maples I have done take enough juice that they no longer float.  Walnut needs to be bone dry and soak a long time. 
The guy that sells the stuff says that the specific gravity of the wood has to do with how much juice it takes on and just because it still floats don't mean it is not penetrated good.ou just vac it until the bubbles are gone.

[Jeff Freeman]

Interesting 🤔

[Kirkll]

Kirk that is what you would think but all maples I have done take enough juice that they no longer float.  Walnut needs to be bone dry and soak a long time. 
The guy that sells the stuff says that the specific gravity of the wood has to do with how much juice it takes on and just because it still floats don't mean it is not penetrated good.ou just vac it until the bubbles are gone.

I was thinking more of the dye penetration of the hard maple, and the color consistency. I could see doing it for color differences. But hard maple really needs no stabilization.... I was just curious....   Kirk

[Crooked Stic]

The color gets all the way thru no problem And you have no srikage problems when gluing composites. I have dyed some with denatured alcohol but it like water got today it back let dry again. Here is another cost.Cleaned my vac. pump today. The last time I bought vac oil was 12 qrt.Now $20

[Crooked Stic]

Got some walnut and maple with electric blue going.

[Jeff Freeman]

Can't wait to see them. JF

[OldRawhide42]

What is cleaning the vac pump ?? Do you suck the oil into it. And how often .

[Crooked Stic]

That pic you see closest to the pump has nothing in it a pump saver. When I first started doing this I got some of the juice in the pump and locked it up. There is a plastic copler that breaks so you don't burn the motor up. Had to take it apart bead blasted it clean and reassemble. Anyhow the empty one catches any overflow before it gets to the pump. The ideal setup is to have about 4 inches above the juice and the bubbles usually won't rise higher than that still have  to go slow getting to max vac.

[OldRawhide42]

So what do you do with the oil ??

[OldRawhide42]

I have a pump that was given to me. But I have never used it.

[Crooked Stic]

The oil is in the pump. It has to be changed ever so often.

[OldRawhide42]

Thanks

[Crooked Stic]

Okay I got the electric blue curing. It no longer floated and gained a bunch of weight. Should be able to get pics of it tomorrow.
Gonna let the walnut soak u till the juice says at the same level.

[Danny Stotler]

very cool process

[Crooked Stic]

Electric blue

[Jeff Freeman]

WOW 😮👍🏼

[Crooked Stic]

More turquoise than blue me thinks.

[Jeff Freeman]

It's still cool 👍🏼