link to a min-wax tutorial

Signed-In Members Don't See This Ad
Signed-In Members Don't See This Ad
Wolfman,

Just be very, very careful if you try this!!! When MinWax wood hardener gets a bit too hot, it starts boiling at the bottom of the container. This results in, shall we say, an elevator effect. Fortunately I was wearing my glasses, and also fortunately, I was due for a new pair of glasses. This was 5 years ago, and is still a vivid memory!

Try this: Put your container, blanks and MinWax in a very warm room. After several hours, put your blanks in, fill the bottle with MinWax, cap it and put in in the frigid Tulsa weather. This accomplishes a vacuum without potential pyrotechnics.
 
Seawolf,
Thanks for the pointer to the editorial, I have a wood pile for producing spalted wood, so I turn a fair amount.

Cav,
I like your idea, just not sure I can find a very warm spot anywhere in the house right now with the snow/freezing rain weather we are having. Ideas for warming? I can certainly accomodate the frozen Tundra apsect.:tongue:
 
Last edited:
JFeagans said:
Cav,
I like your idea, just not sure I can find a very warm spot anywhere in the house right now with the snow/freezing rain weather we are having. Ideas for warming? I can certainly accomodate the frozen Tundra apsect.:tongue:
Click to expand...

You could sit them on a radiator. The idea is to warm the wood and hardener
and then cap the jar. Then once it cools, it will create a vacuum. Doing it on
a stovetop would work better, but working on a stove with flammable liquid?
Not for me ..:eek:
 
I like the radiator idea if we had one... but most homes in the mid-atlantic states no longer are equipted with radiators, one point for New Englanders! :wink: When I think of putting a flammable liquid on the stove top a picture comes to mind; my wife returning from work and observes a small "mushroom cloud" appear on the horizon from the direction of our house :eek:. So maybe I should refine the question, at what "safe" temperature might these be heated. No comments from the peanut gallery about "nuking" this stuff Brian LOL.
 
What was shown on the link is mimicking a double boiler.

Min-Wax and wood in a bottle
Hot water in a pan/can.

Not sure if you can boil the Min-Wax (to a dangerous level) that way since it is not even on a stove. He just pours the hot water in the can. Water is heated elsewhere/separately.
 
Makes sense, one must make sure the temperature is not too high for the glass conainer to break (supposing one uses a glass container).

Thanks
 
Dario said:
What was shown on the link is mimicking a double boiler.

Min-Wax and wood in a bottle
Hot water in a pan/can.

Not sure if you can boil the Min-Wax (to a dangerous level) that way since it is not even on a stove. He just pours the hot water in the can. Water is heated elsewhere/separately.
Click to expand...

I must have missed it, I thought it was on a working stove. My apologies.
Double boiler off of the heat should be ok, but definitely not on a working
burner. It boils at 133F, flash point of -4F. Mostly acetone and alcohol.
The vapors are explosive.
 
Breaking glass?

The set up he is using is a canning jar. These things can handle extreme heat as long as you're not subjecting it to direct flame. I didn't think of this idea :rolleyes:,but since I do my own canning, it should work very well.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom