Fibonacci
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I bought a couple of stabilized blanks that I am fiddling with today and am a bit confused.
I generally glue in the tube, square the blank, then seal the end of the blank with CA to give it a little more strength.
Not thinking about it, I did the same to one of the stabilized maple blanks I bought. It absorbed significantly more CA than anything I have worked with other than burl. I thought that the stabilization process should have filled the pores enough that it should not absorb an appreciable amount of CA.
On this particular one, I have had to reapply thin three times, and it is still absorbing more.
I generally glue in the tube, square the blank, then seal the end of the blank with CA to give it a little more strength.
Not thinking about it, I did the same to one of the stabilized maple blanks I bought. It absorbed significantly more CA than anything I have worked with other than burl. I thought that the stabilization process should have filled the pores enough that it should not absorb an appreciable amount of CA.
On this particular one, I have had to reapply thin three times, and it is still absorbing more.