Hi Folks,
First real thread and hope it's in the right place.
My wood turning skills are years old but there is so much incredible information on these forums, might have to go out and get another lathe and some tools.
My main project ahead is to take care of a decaying outside deck, replace boards and patch those that can be salvaged. I found the AAW site searching for home made wood "petrifiers". Had only used Minwax restorer, but the product works well. Some of the comments in various threads have more information than any ten other sites. My thought was that before taking out a home equity loan to afford Minwax, there has to be a way to cook up a DIY formula for cheap. Minwax is obviously acetone, and don't know why the addition of methanol. From the discussions, 72 percent acetone, 3 percent methanol and I guess the rest is acrylic plastic.
It looks like dissolving acrylic chips in acetone comes up a lot and may work.
I can share that gloss polyurethane (oil based) diluted with acetone does not work well. Beside the long drying time, penetration isn't that great. The dried product is a bit harder but not acceptable.
One thing I find missing everywhere is experience with taking acrylic paint and diluting with acetone. Still have to make a pilgrimage to the big city to get some gloss acrylic, but was wondering if anyone has tried it out.
I was wanting to focus a discussion on tips, tricks, formulas for DIY wood restorers. There are some good thoughts in different places of the forums. Would be nice to get the experiences and discussions on home made petrifiers in a dedicated topic.
Stay safe everyone,
John
First real thread and hope it's in the right place.
My wood turning skills are years old but there is so much incredible information on these forums, might have to go out and get another lathe and some tools.
My main project ahead is to take care of a decaying outside deck, replace boards and patch those that can be salvaged. I found the AAW site searching for home made wood "petrifiers". Had only used Minwax restorer, but the product works well. Some of the comments in various threads have more information than any ten other sites. My thought was that before taking out a home equity loan to afford Minwax, there has to be a way to cook up a DIY formula for cheap. Minwax is obviously acetone, and don't know why the addition of methanol. From the discussions, 72 percent acetone, 3 percent methanol and I guess the rest is acrylic plastic.
It looks like dissolving acrylic chips in acetone comes up a lot and may work.
I can share that gloss polyurethane (oil based) diluted with acetone does not work well. Beside the long drying time, penetration isn't that great. The dried product is a bit harder but not acceptable.
One thing I find missing everywhere is experience with taking acrylic paint and diluting with acetone. Still have to make a pilgrimage to the big city to get some gloss acrylic, but was wondering if anyone has tried it out.
I was wanting to focus a discussion on tips, tricks, formulas for DIY wood restorers. There are some good thoughts in different places of the forums. Would be nice to get the experiences and discussions on home made petrifiers in a dedicated topic.
Stay safe everyone,
John