I definitely see a need for the trade to standardize on the term "STABILIZE." IMHO, the term 'stabilized' when used for wood means the wood has been treaded through and through with some form of acrylic resins. The chemical named Pentacryl is constantly used and stated to be "stabilized!" I disagree with this use of the word. Pentacryl is used to "TREAT" primarily fresh cut, green wood to help in preventing it from cracking. To me that is entirely different simply due to the accepted fact that any wood that is truely stabilized by acrylic is always less than 10% moisture content. It surely is not fresh cut green wood.
The fact that professional stabilization services require wood to be 'dry' tends to indictate - to me at least - that the chemicals used react with moisture in the woods being treated. This also makes me lean to the use of Resinol 90C as it apparently will react with green wood moisture similar to the way PR does when casting.
Pentacryl also causes many of us some serious fininshing problems whereas stabilized materials readidly accept everything a lot easier. The little bit of wood I have seen and handled that was "treated" with Pentacryl felt to me like it was kinda greasy and looked like it had oil on it. I have used stabilized woods for a good bit and there is NO comparision to other types of treated woods, again, IMHO.
For some reason this line of discussion tends to go on and on with no end in sight ... [
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