Curtis, I have never said "it is crap" what I have said is it is missing many thing like 3+ chemicals that outfits like WSSI uses which are custom blends based on the wood being treated. I have also replied to your private msg to me but even still there are about 4 msg to you that has gone unanswered. If you read the prior posts you will clearly see that someone else brought up the juice and this is not even remotely what I was referring to in my initial post. I have seen first hand some pretty fail home brew results. Many ruined blocks of amboya burl that was unusable because the process they used was grossly inadequate, ranges from color stains, accelerated rot, decrease in tensile strength, all total some pretty heavy abuse.
The clear cut case WHY someone *SHOULD* stabilize a very expensive block of wood, i.e. Amboyna, is for dye/stain protection and to strengthen the structure, protection from enviro ill's and provide for a much longer life span. Even tho the wood is indeed hard and may not need stabilizing like some woods, i.e. buckeye burl/box elder, you will still gain great benefits from doing it. To not do the process based purely on how hard the wood is is just pure fallacy. Quite simply put you stabilize to protect the investment.
