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Post by s0therngunner on Mar 12, 2010 12:52:05 GMT -5
Those are FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!
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Post by autiecuster on Mar 12, 2010 18:16:22 GMT -5
Looks Great! How do they or you stabilize the wood? I mean what is the process? Thanks for an answer.
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Post by caryc on Mar 12, 2010 19:46:36 GMT -5
Looks Great! How do they or you stabilize the wood? I mean what is the process? Thanks for an answer. I do not do the stabilizing myself. I cut my wood into grip blank sizes and send it to the professionals that know what they are doing. As I understand it liquid acrylic resin material is forced under high pressure to completely impregnate the wood where it surrounds the actual wood fibers. Once stabilized, it increases in weight by 20 to 150 percent (porous woods such as spaulted maple take on more resin than dense woods such as ebony). It becomes harder, stronger, and will not change shape. The color darkens slightly, similar to the way wood darkens when you apply water to it. Because the acrylic saturated the wood fibers, the pigments in those fibers cannot fade through oxidation There are various home remedies you may find on the net but I leave the job to the people that have the equipment and the knowledge to do it correctly. Stabilizing lets me use wood that would normally be too soft for gun grips in it's natural state. It's not a cheap process either. |
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