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I am making 'rustic' shelves from yew timber which feature lots of fissures and cracks which I am attempting to fill and stabilise with resin. The larger ones are up to 20mm wide and the full thickness deep - 36mm. These are mostly filled with rotted bark. I had assumed the resin would soak into the bark and stabilise it, however this is not the case. Where the resin has filled a free space it has fully cured but the rotted bark remains a guey mess. It would seem the resin has soaked in but not cured. Could this be because there is too much moisture present? The sound timber has a moisture content of 11% so would assume the bark is much the same.
I've also noticed that where resin has spread out over the clean shelf surface it has not adhered unless it is a very thin film. Anything over, say, 0.25mm remains uncured at the interface so I'm left with a resin lamina which easily flakes off.
Any advice greatly appreciated
Brian
I've also noticed that where resin has spread out over the clean shelf surface it has not adhered unless it is a very thin film. Anything over, say, 0.25mm remains uncured at the interface so I'm left with a resin lamina which easily flakes off.
Any advice greatly appreciated
Brian