Overview of the process of stabilizing wood in resin to be used for building custom rings. If you would like a custom ring, check out HillCountryRings.com
Under vacuum at least 2 hrs (more is better). Most important is to keep the wood submerged under the resin after releasing vacuum at least TWICE the time it was under vacuum (that gives the resin plenty of time to penetrate the wood). I like to leave it submerged (after releasing the vacuum) overnight.
If I was going to laminate a few pieces of wood together and then stabilize them, what type of epoxy (or other material would you use)? I’m currently using JB Weld’s marine grade epoxy, but just had a Texas ebony and maple ring delaminate on me in the final stages
Also, thank you for the stabilizing tutorial. I had no idea this was a thing until a friend told me about it. Going to start including that in my process once I get the equipment
Can't really say (I really don't laminate wood so not much experience with that). If you are going to get the equipment to stabilize wood make SURE you get a vacuum chamber with tempered glass lid, NOT acrylic. No Joke! My first vacuum chamber had an acrylic lid and imploded after a few uses (scared the c**p out of me).
