flaking wood on machines, what do you do?

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Ok,I searched and didnt find anything.
As u all know ive been here for awhile ,but ive never done a resto ;)

on cabs with that pressed particle stuff like centuri phoenix
when you touch the wood at the bottom its flaking off.

What do you use to stop it from flaking????
wood hardener?
it doesnt need to be bondo'ed at all
j starting to flake
THOUGHTS????

lots of new klovers may want to know as well
after searching klov i didnt find anything.
searched youtube and found nothing (except a thing on minwax wood hardener ;)

Its 1 thing to learn how to fix these machines & another to learn wood resto lol

WHAT DO YOU USE????
 
Ditto on wood hardener. I've also stabilized a really bad Asteroids by using titebond woodglue, slightly thinned with water, and brushed it on the flaking edges. We're talking really loose material that was getting all over stuff, but this shored it up quite nicely until it can be properly fixed.
 
they didnt have any wood hardener in town (looked at few places)

so the gent suggested something called gripper (glidden paints)
it bonds everything back together and holds it together

it also primes at the same time for painting ;)

ill let u guys know how it works...;)
 
I am interested to see how this turns out for you sir. Wood hardener is fantastic but if you cannot find any, what do you do? Good luck.
 
I think I used Minwax brand wood hardener. There's a point where pb would be falling apart to where you would be better off replacing it, but on my Frogger the inner sides and especially top just had more of a superficial flaking, like a thin layer. I used that, then a skim coat of bondo, then primer, then paint. It's a lot of work, but the top panel wasn't near bad enough to actually replace, and attempting that would have damaged the cabinet a good bit.
 
I forgot abpout menards they are way out of my area

im gonna inspect to see how the gripper did..
i will post some pics ;)

if it didnt do the trick im gonna hunt down some hardener.

my home depot didnt have any of it...

i checked the minwax section and nothing...asked nothing, got me to the gripper

EDIT
its did work well on the flaking. which is great if thats it

i did find a few soft wood spots tho, so it doesnt help with that of coarse ;)
 
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The best way to repair the soft spots that I could find is to use a drill to drill holes partially into the wood to encourage the hardner to soak into it. Then when it has dried fill the holes with wood filler/bondo.

This kills two birds with one stone. The wood filler gives it strength and impregnating the wood with the wood hardner allows it to further enter into the rotted wood and strengthen the structure.

My home depot no longer carries the wood hardner and a small can was around 15$ anyways and I typically go through about 2 cans in a single restore. I hit the bottom, inside, behind the marquee and anywhere else I can reach with the stuff to prevent humidity swell and warping.

I recently bought this:

Name Code Qty Each Options
-----------------------------------------------------------------
PC-Petrifier 640449 Wood PCC-640449 1 180.97
Hardener - 5 gallons
Subtotal 180.97
Shipping 27.11
Tax 0.00
Total 208.08

From http://www.right-tool.com/pcpetwoodhar.html

It has taken a long time and still has not drop shipped from the supplier yet but it should last a really long time.
 
used some gorilla glue on a cab recently, definatly stopped the flaking and seemed to stregthen it slightly...$6 for a big bottle ;)
i didnt water it down just brushed it on
 
So how did the gripper stuff work out? Did you try it?

Gorilla isn't water based, iirc. At least the stuff I've used in the past wasn't, so definitely never try and water it down!

Titebond III is a water based wood glue, dries waterproof, but you can thin it before hand if needed. 99.9% of the time you wouldn't need to, but you could.
 
So how did the gripper stuff work out? Did you try it?

Gorilla isn't water based, iirc. At least the stuff I've used in the past wasn't, so definitely never try and water it down!

Titebond III is a water based wood glue, dries waterproof, but you can thin it before hand if needed. 99.9% of the time you wouldn't need to, but you could.

honestly for the $20 that gripper was, the glue for $6 did the same trick..
i wouldnt water it down but a klover mentioned earlier they thinned it out a bit for easier spreading.
i just used the glue tip laid down a line and brushed it on
worked just as good if not better than that gripper stuff...
saved $14 ;)
 
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