Turner's Choice stabilizing resin

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Mroscoe1951

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I not new here just can't seem to find any threads specifically on a stabilizing resin named Turner's Choice Stabilizing Resin. Very little info online so I thought I would ask my questions here.

Can or do you use this with a vacuum system?
Can "colors" be added to this resin?
Is this a heat treated process and if so how long do you "cook" the blanks?
How does this compare to Cactus Juice?

Thanks in advance for any responses. I am so tired of paying the high price of CJ to stabilize pen and ring blanks.
 
Take a look at it on Amazon. It seems to be a a product similar to Pentacryl (a product which has been around for many years); i.e. you soak green or wet wood in the stabilizer which replaces the water in the wood. The wood then dries without distorting or cracking--at least in theory. It is in no way similar to Cactus Juice.

Kind of a simple-minded explanation, but at least somewhat close to correct I think. There is a thread about it on the AAW Forum here:

Turner's Choice Wood Stabilizer questions

I would appreciate any feedback from Turner's Choice Wood Stabilizer users (also called Cedar Shield). Specifically I am after: 1. How long should green wood 1st turned bowl blanks be soaked? 2. How long does it take a soaked bowl to dry before final turning? 3. Does the product cause any...
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Bill
 
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