Don't use Epoxy to pre-seal your Wood!

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Fjelsted Nord

Жыл бұрын

I never use epoxy to stabilize or pre-seal wood before a pour. This is a short video explaining why.

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@mt.hoodcraft7899 Жыл бұрын

This is what I do, too. Sometimes I do pre-sand the live edge if it looks like the PC Petrifier cured on the surface, or more often I don’t use the PC Petrifier on that edge but just soak from the top and the bottom.

@robertmundy397 4 ай бұрын

Great information makes a lot of sense

@SirFency 2 ай бұрын

exactly what I was looking for. I tried using epoxy and it was a fail. I use very rotten wood and bring it to life with epoxy resin. I think this is going to help me out tremendously.

@fiveduckstudio Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the info!

@fjelstednord3159 Жыл бұрын

Most definitely!

@ucwoodsepoxy Жыл бұрын

Fantastic 🎉 thanks for sharing!!

@fjelstednord3159 Жыл бұрын

You're welcome! Thanks for watching

@josephgiguere 21 күн бұрын

I see this works good on punky wood. What about a white oak table top that is in great shape and freshly sanded to bare wood? The mfgr of the epoxy doesn't see how this applies to normal wood. They say use epoxy to seal and maybe polycrylic as an alternate.

@garyrichardson5164 2 ай бұрын

If you color the epoxy, will the color bleed since the pours are left open?

@AMusicalPsychosis 2 ай бұрын

You recommend sanding after the pc petrifier or do you just go straight to the pour?

@thelaymansminutes 2 ай бұрын

Have you tried total boat penetrating/sealer epoxy resin? It is less viscous than the table top epoxy and soaks into the wood.

@tristannaylor5197 3 ай бұрын

hey there great video! i have the exact same problem with the slabs im working with right now very punky, spalting beech wood. however for our certain situation, me personally, i would advise using something like total boat penetrating epoxy to seap into that punky wood to strengthen the wood. the piece you showed being really weak isnt gonna be strenghtend to the extent with the pc pour as much as the penetrating. but for regular wood that is not punky, i think your method using this pc product is a great way! also saves money since the epoxy can be expensive.

@fjelstednord3159 2 ай бұрын

Actually, PC Petrifier will penetrate deeper than total boat pentrating epoxy and it still allows other epoxy to penetrate and chemically bond to the wood. I've tried many other "penetrating" epoxies and nothing works as good as PC Petrifier.

@tristannaylor5197 2 ай бұрын

@@fjelstednord3159 yes it penetrates deeper but you need strength with the epoxy, you can thin out the epoxy with an aray of different chemicals, it works decently well. i will say if you could use a combination of this PC, and then a "top coat" of penetrating epoxy more on the top part of the wood i think thatd be best. especially for this punky wood type of project

@scottweathersby6659 19 күн бұрын

I use water based polyurethane to seal or a marine product

@drewjohnson4673 Жыл бұрын

Does your product reduce/prevent bubbles? Wouldn’t diluted polyurethane do the same thing?

@victormcox 7 ай бұрын

That's why I was searching these types of videos. I'm going to try the polyurethane as a sealer on plain pine then pour an epoxy flood coat. I'm really just trying to keep my costs down!😂 what do you think?

@drewjohnson4673 7 ай бұрын

just gathering other people's thoughts.@@victormcox

@fjelstednord3159 2 ай бұрын

I've used many other products as well as poly and it's been my experience that PC Petrifier works the best. If there was something better, I'd be using it

@colepeterson9993 Жыл бұрын

In the case you were surrounding a fully burnt slab with epoxy, how would you personally go about that? This is obviously a plan on mine.

@fjelstednord3159 Жыл бұрын

Basically the same way. Saturate the charred wood with PC Petrifier, let it cure, then proceed with the epoxy

@richardfoster8028 Жыл бұрын

I have never used PC Petrifyier... What does that do to help or hinder natural finishes like Odies, Osmo, or Rubio?

@fjelstednord3159 Жыл бұрын

Did my answer in Epoxy Enthusiasts help?

@jpp652 2 ай бұрын

Thanks

@weaponizedmath4369 Ай бұрын

Oh SURE ! Now ya tell me....! 😂

@hisimagenme 5 ай бұрын

Can you still stain the wood after you petrified it?

@fjelstednord3159 5 ай бұрын

I've never tried it as I won't stain woods that I'm using for epoxy projects.

@hisimagenme 5 ай бұрын

@@fjelstednord3159 thank you for getting back to me. I ordered some of this so I'll call the company. Lovely piece you had there!! Thank you!

@Tyomad 9 ай бұрын

Comparing apples to oranges with this test.

@fjelstednord3159 2 ай бұрын

How do you figure? The point is to stabilize and harden the wood so epoxy can still penetrate and chemically bond to the wood fibers. Epoxy as a pre-sealer prevents that.