BVV Cactus Juice Stabilizing Resin for Woodworking - Cures & Hardens Soft Wood for DIY Projects, Carpentry - 1 Gallon Cactus Juice Resin - Activator Included

Works great for doing lapidary stabilizing. Had some crumbly, but fantastic looking Persian Turquoise with Pyrite inclusions (see video). Could not work it for jewelry. Did a double stabilization (2x) process using a vacuum chamber and am absolutely thrilled with the results. Curtis O. Seebeck (Owner) provided EXCELLENT support getting my process dialed in.

This resin is great for all soft rocks and rocks with fractures using a vacuum chamber. Even rocks I didn't think needed it benefited by this extra step. It seems expensive, but goes a long way

I build custom knives and therefore, custom knife scales (handles). Some of the prettiest handles I have fabricated have come from old, somewhat rotten logs. Even from totally rotten logs. I have picked logs off the bottom of an old log pile that were rotten. I stabilize them in a vacuum chamber with Cactus Juice and presto, I place old, soft, dry, rotten wood in the pot that you can twist between your thumb and your forefinger and it will disintegrate right there in front of your eyes and all that is left is dust and small pieces of rotted wood. Place this wood in a vacuum chamber and the vacuum chamber goes to work and sucks out all the oxygen in the wood. Meanwhile, it sucks up the Cactus Juice into the wood capillaries and fills up the many tiny, little straws inside the rotted wood with this resin. The resin is heat activated. After this treatment, the Cactus Juice can still be used. So I scrape off as much as I can and pour it back into the bottle. I have used my last gallon on over a dozen pots of old wood to stabilize and what comes out of the vacuum chamber is a piece of wood that is harder and more stable than a piece of brand new wood purchased from a box store. But, you're not through yet. The resin is heat activated. So the wet, slimy old pieces of wood are set out on a tray to drain off the Cactus Juice, which I once again, return to the original bottle. Then I place the slabs in a toaster oven, which hardens the plastic in the resin and voila, good wood, burls, and other exotic woods can be saved from the rot and turned into a work of art. I love this stuff. It sounds complicated, but believe me, it is not. If an old codger like me can do this, anyone can. Beautiful works of art are completed and it is fun, if you like exploring the unknown and building things.

Good!

Works pretty darn good!

Ok cactus juice is great never had issue this is more about shipper but this time it came caved in so bad (lid shoved down into bottle) opening spilled some then had trouble activating due to how u couldn't pour with any control...reached out jus to say hey ship em right side up NO REFUND completely ignoring what I actually was concerned about in short make sure amazon sold an ships it idk if this is going to turn out or not but has made it easily twice as hard jus bc

I like the fact you can keep using product until it eventually used up. And curing at 200 degree makes it a very simple process. I just wish it wasn't so expensive.

Best wood preserver ever!