Softwood-to-hardwood treatments for hardwood.

Ask Lew. He's our goto guy for epoxies.

Me? I think it's like AGWK. The stuff just doesn't exist in reality.

-- The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man. -- George Bernard Shaw

Hello Larry, thanks for the reply.

What's AGWK?

I don't think epoxies are involved, it's just wood.

Lew - whaddya thunk?!

It's hokus pokus time.

Lew

The other guys forgot the "Kumbaya", which must be stated after they say "Anthropomorph^H^H^H^H^Hgenic Global Warming" to be aligned with the True Believers' concept. ;)

Most of the wood hardeners are just thin epoxy. Bogosity factor = High, although they will do some surface hardening. NOTHING turns softwood into hardwood. Wood Viagra does not exist.

-- The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man. -- George Bernard Shaw

Wood + resin, not epoxy, acetal I think.

Which would be Delrin, which would be good luck gluing it.

Acetylation with acetic anhydride stabilizes the wood. Same acetic anhydride used to convert wood cellulose into celluloid plastic, willow bark into aspirin, and morphine into heroin.

would it become some-sort of superwood?!

That sure sounds like treated wood,aka: PT Pine

Excuse my ignorance, but what is LDL?

I believe he meant "LVL" ... laminated veneer lumber.

We use beams made of this material because they can be made up onsite to make a continuous/long beam:

Ah ha! OK, cheers, that would make sense - the link provided was to a vehicle bridge made out of the stuff, hence the LVL.

Thanks - interesting stuff!

Very interesting build there. A ton of great pictures, until the end. I wanted to see more of finishing the walls, and the finished product. All the way through I was anticipating seeing what they did with the walls... nope.