Soaking Pen blank after stabilization

[bsk295@hotmail.com]

After the blank is stabilized in the chamber, do you have to leave it in the chamber for a few days to soak, or can you put in another receptacle with resin and let it soak? Also, does anyone put the blank in a pressure pot to soak?

 

[JohnU]

You can put it in another container with the juice. It doesn't have to be the chamber. How long will depend on the size of the blank. I usually let it soak over night but I don't know if I need to since it stopped expelling bubbles under vacuum.

 

[ccccchunt]

Curtis says soak for at least twice as long as you had under vacuum.

 

[PatrickR]

I do put mine in a pressure pot for about 4 hrs and then return it to vacuum for a second run. it makes sense that 60lbs of pressure is more effective than atmospheric pressure.

 

[TDahl]

I soak my blanks twice the time they were under the vacuum pressure.

 

[wolf creek knives]

I soak mine in the vacuum chamber for at least 24 hours. I went in vacation once for two weeks and forgot to take the wood out of the CJ. Needless to say, the blanks no longer floated and when cured were hard as stone.

 

[its_virgil]

Curtis Seeback, the owner of TurnTex and originator of cactus juice has done extensive testing with Cactus Juice stabilizing using no vacuum, vacuum and pressure. Read the results here. Very interesting and maybe a little surprising.
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