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My resolute finally arrived. No MSDS sheet as they claimed there would be. Here is my method of stabilization for the testing and usually the wat I always do it. I use a HVAC vaccum pump (Robinair) This is going to be in a paint pot that I have configured a little diffrent. 1st I put the pen blanks in the tank and I apply some liquid silicone to the gasket to sell 100%. I pull a vaccum on the tank with just the wood in it till it reaches 500cfm. On the other side of the tank I have a ball valve attached and a refrigeration hose along with it. In side the tank I have marked how much fluid it takes to reach that point. In this case 1 qt. So I get a quart of the resolute and put the hose in the jar attached to the ball valve. With that much of a vaccum in the jug I release the ball valve and the vaccum pulls in the liquid stabilizer which directly soaks in the wood. I still maintain the 500 cfm vaccum for 5 to 6 hrs and there done. I have stabilized 2 in sq amboyna this way with diffrent chemicals and with in 6 hrs it had penetrated all thru. I knew by cutting it in half. I am in the AC fixing buisness & well anyway the vaccum pump I use has an exhause to pull the moisture from the tank and the wood. The air line vaccum pumps dont have that capibility. I will write more when the wood is dry and I have dome some testing. Josh