I had an idea and it works !

[Pine]

As some of you know , I make things with antler .
I have several that are so sun bleached that they have become chalky and crumble easy .
My idea was to put Minwax Wood Hardener on and see if that would stabilize them .
I was concerned about the color change but I think this has worked very well .
 
 
In case you can't tell , I did the one on the left . It sucked the hardener up like a piece of toast dunked in coffee .
I'm sure it's going to buff out to a mirror finish .
Sure feels good when an idea works out .    

[Tim Finley]

I used to rub wood glue into the antlers it worked also but probably not as good as what you did and it looks as if you gave some color back .

[KeganM]

That's a really cool idea!

[Mr.Vic]

Neat idea!!!

[ChuckC]

Thanks, a great idea ( unless it causes deterioration down the line, but we won't know that until we get there).  I will try it too !

[Deno]

 


Deno

[Captain*Kirk]

Nice solution, Graps!

[crazynate]

Looks great

[Bill from NJ]

Great idea.

Thanks for sharing it.