ABATRON, INC.
5501 95th Ave.
Kenosha, WI 53144
Tel: (262) 653-2000
Toll-Free: (800) 445-1754
Fax: (262) 653-2019
E-mail: info@abatron.com
Web site: http://www.abatron.com

Abatron, Inc., began in 1959 as epoxy specialists. With this starting advantage in a complex field, it also developed urethanes, polyesters, acrylics, vinyls, silicones and other compounds meeting federal, military, industrial, electronic, architectural and marine specifications in structural and decorative restoration, maintenance/repair, as well as in mold-making, electronics, coatings, adhesives, sealants and chemical specialties. Abatron products reflect the current standards and the advances about to become new standards in the industry. Here are details about some of our restoration and maintenance products for wood structures, windows, furniture etc. More details on over 200 of our products are in our website http://www.abatron.com. Abatron is ISO: 9001 - 2000 Registered.

WOOD RESTORATION

TDS WR0893

Unprecedented Wood Restoration System
The New Standard to Restore & Replace Wood

Specified by the U.S. Government, national restoration centers, museums, architects and other professionals, LiquidWood and WoodEpox are the most significant advance in wood restoration. They give new life to rotted windows, damaged columns, frames, crumbling structural and decorative components, decaying furniture. They are the only hope for parts that are irreplaceable because of size, shape or artistic reasons. The objects restored with LiquidWood and WoodEpox are not merely museum pieces or delicate memorabilia, but fully functional parts often stronger and far more durable than the original.

GREENGUARD Certified

GREENGUARD Certification means products have very low, non-toxic emissions. The GREENGUARD Program provides a scientifically based, third-party qualification for manufacturers' products. Certified products are rigorously screened for over 10,000 different volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and must undergo ongoing verification and quality monitoring.

LiquidWood

Liquid wood consolidant. Reinforces, rebuilds and waterproofs wood by hardening after penetrating. Regenerates rotted window sills, frames, structural and decorative parts, furniture, boats, columns, floors. Unaffected by water and insects. Primer for WoodEpox.

WoodEpox

Structural adhesive putty. Most versatile, high-strength, no-shrink adhesive paste to fill, repair and replace wood and other materials in structures, walls, floors, furniture, sculptures. A new standard in workshops, plants, buildings, museums, shipyards and homes. Unaffected by water and insects.

Wood Consolidation with LiquidWood

Consolidation with LiquidWood is the restoration and reinforcement of wood by impregnation with a special resin that penetrates and hardens.

LiquidWood excels in:

• penetration
• adhesion
• water resistance
• permanence
• versatility
• wetting properties
• dimensional stability
• structural strength
• transparency
• ease of handling and use

With LiquidWood, a piece of deteriorated wood that would crumble under finger pressure can be impregnated and restored to rigidity, durability, water and weather resistance superior to that of the original wood.

LiquidWood consists of 2 clear liquids: the resin (A), and the hardener (B). When A and B are mixed by simple stirring, a blend is formed with unusual properties to impregnate and restore wood and other porous masses.

LiquidWood is brushed, rolled on the surface where it must be absorbed. The more porous the wood, the more resin it will absorb, and the greater the improvement.

LiquidWood impregnates the wood fibers and hardens into a water-resistant, distortion-free, high-strength mass in hours or minutes. The hardened mass can be sawed, planed, routed, carved, drilled, sanded, glued, painted.

LiquidWood is also a primer and surface consolidant on rotted and porous surfaces, for subsequent applications of WoodEpox, paints or glues. For sound surfaces that require no consolidation, a PrimKote primer is mostly used. The preparation with LiquidWood creates a proper interface on porous masses, a strong and receptive surface for adhesion on most areas. LiquidWood is designed to impregnate and reinforce fibers and other absorbent masses.

That is: holes, cracks or other voids are best filled with WoodEpox, after impregnating and priming the existing fibers with LiquidWood. The combination of these two products offers superb results unequaled by any other restoration material.

TYPICAL APPLICATIONS: Rotted, dried-out or spongy window sills - thresholds - window and door frames - columns - posts - stair steps - railings - balustrades - indoor and outdoor furniture - porches - gazebos - stages - platforms - balconies - countertops - cornices - capitals - entablatures - structural and decorative components - walls - moldings - doors - shutters - artifacts - archaeological and art restoration - protective impregnation.

Wood Repair and Replacement with WoodEpox

Whereas LiquidWood is a liquid for penetration and impregnation, WoodEpox is a paste for filling, bonding, adding and building up.

WoodEpox is a light adhesive putty system, consisting of 2 components: resin paste (A) and hardener paste (B). When A and B are mixed, the blend hardens within 1-2 hours into a lighter-than-water non-shrinking, tough adhesive mass with high dimensional stability, chemical, water, heat and weather resistance. Its appearance is a light neutral color that can be changed, while mixing, with stains, dyes or pigments. It has a no-slump paste consistency that allows it to be applied like a putty to fill gaps, holes, or to build up virtually any thickness and shape.

WoodEpox offers unique properties:

• It bonds permanently with structural strength to most rigid surfaces.
• It fills cracks, holes and voids of any size without the shrinking and crumbling typical of common wood fibers
• It can replace or add missing or new sections in window frames and sills, furniture, sculptures, structural and decorative components indoors and outdoors.
• Because of its strength and durability, it is as different from common wood fillers as wood from dried mud.
• It can be sawed, nailed, planed, sanded and machined like wood.

Large and small holes or cracks, missing corners, edges, depressions can be filled, replaced or restored by adding the WoodEpox paste by hand, spatula, knife or trowel. The material becomes a permanent part of the surface to which it is applied. It bonds equally well to wood, ceramics, concrete, metal, glass, fiberglass and most rigid materials.

Plastic film, masking tape, contact paper, wax-coated plywood, other sheets or shapes can be used to level or mold the freshly applied mass until it hardens. Furthermore, unshaped masses can be easily carved, cut, sawed, planed and otherwise worked after the material has hardened.

WoodEpox can also be sculpted by hand into any shape. Besides the obvious use for sculptors, another interesting application is shaping handles, knobs, larger-sized or modified handling devices for handicapped people. When the shaped WoodEpox is applied to the intended surface, it bonds permanently as it hardens.

TYPICAL APPLICATIONS: Damaged, cracked or broken window sills - threshold - window and door frames - columns - posts - stair steps - railings - balustrades - indoor and outdoor furniture - porches - gazebos - stages - platforms - balconies - countertops - capitals - entablatures - structural and decorative components - walls - moldings - doors -shutters - artifacts - archaeological and art restorations - sculptures - protective filling and resurfacing - models -patterns - mock-ups - handles - knobs - all kinds of shapes.

Most of the same application list can be used for LiquidWood and WoodEpox because the two materials complement each other ideally.

Application Methods for LiquidWood & WoodEpox

COMPOSITION.  Both LiquidWood and WoodEpox consist of one resin portion (A) and one hardener portion (B), packaged in separate containers. They harden only when A and B are mixed, whereas conventional paints or wood fillers must contain solvents to be usable, with consequent shrinkage and poor performance.

PREPARATION.  Surfaces for LiquidWood or WoodEpox must be stripped, cleaned and dried by washing, degreasing, scraping, sanding or sandblasting. The best wood preparation for WoodEpox is impregnating and coating the cleaned surface with LiquidWood.

MIXING.  Equal volumes of A and B are mixed in a deeper-than-wide can or other disposable container (not on a flat surface or tray). As mixing is easy, anything, from a stick to a paint stirrer, can be used for it.

The HARDENING process begins after mixing A and B. The time a pint of mixed A/B blend remains workable (before hardening) in the mixing container is called pot life. The material is applied during the pot life period.

An INDUCTION PERIOD (10-20 minutes permanence of the A/B blend in the deep mixing container, after mixing, before applying) may be necessary in difficult conditions, like high-relative-humidity or cool (under 15°C or 59°F) environment, to avoid tackiness of exposed layers. Special hardeners are also available for application in cold weather and underwater.

The larger the mass, the faster it hardens, as its bulk retains the reaction heat which speeds the process. This is the opposite of what happens with paints or conventional wood fillers, which harden from solvent evaporation.

Heat accelerates hardening; cold retards it. LiquidWood or WoodEpox can harden in 1-3 hours at room temperature, or in a few minutes with heating.

CURING is the total reaction that continues after hardening and optimizes most properties. It may last 1-3 weeks at room temperature, or a few hours with heating.

PRIMING is unnecessary for LiquidWood. On the other hand, LiquidWood is the best primer for WoodEpox on surfaces of areas that needed consolidation. A more specialized primer, like PrimKote, is the preferred choice for sound, compact wood, metal and other rigid materials. For best results, WoodEpox should be applied while LiquidWood or other solventless primer is still hardening, or after PrimKote's solvent has evaporated, or within 1-3 days after either primer.

LiquidWood can be sprayed, brushed, rolled or poured. It can also be poured into holes drilled in the porous mass. As the resin spreads, its hardening is slowed down to hours, because the reaction heat is absorbed by the fibers. This allows plenty of time for penetration.

If WoodEpox is not available, LiquidWood-impregnated sawdust, paper, burlap, cotton or other fibers can be stuffed into the holes or cracks to fill them. The resulting mass can approach the wood texture and workability to a surprising degree. Even higher strength is obtained by alternating layers of LiquidWood and fiberglass cloth.

These combinations can build new sections, extend shapes or structural elements, thicken and reinforce existing surfaces. Even laminations of LiquidWood and newspapers provide surprising reinforcement for thin panels in furniture or other structures.

If LiquidWood is to be used for heavy structural purposes, special instructions may be available from our technical staff.

WoodEpox is applied with trowel, putty knife or similar tools. It can also be shaped by hand, like modeling clay.

The shaped putty bonds equally well to wood, ceramics, concrete, metal, glass, fiberglass and most rigid materials. For best adhesion, the surface should be coarse-sanded or roughened.

WoodEpox is ideal to trowel or sculpt missing parts, to repair window frames, furniture, tables, steps, doors or to fill holes and other cavities of any size.

It can be easily colored with sawdust, dry pigments and compatible stains.

WoodEpox is easy to carve, saw, plane, nail, tap, drill.

Nails, wire, rods or other reinforcements can be inserted and embedded for strength.

New WoodEpox can be added over hardened WoodEpox,, where needed, as it bonds well to itself within 2-7 days, or with a primer like PrimKote long after hardening.

WoodEpox/LiquidWood blends are used for intermediate results. The WoodEpox and LiquidWood A/B-blends can be added to each other in any ration for any desired consistency.

Thinning, diluting and cleaning is done with ABOSOLV or other compatible solvents. Tools and brushes must be washed with ABOSOLV before the epoxy hardens on them.

Hardened material is removed with special solvents (our CLEAR-STRIP ) or scraped away while softened by high heat (250 F or higher), or burned. Working surfaces should be protected with plastic films, newspapers or similar disposable materials.

Skin, eye and respiratory protection is assured with gloves, goggles, aprons, good ventilation, masks and other precautions normally used with chemicals. Soap and water or waterless cleanser are used to wash the skin.

VARIATIONS: Numerous versions of the above products are available and being developed for special purposes, like: extremely high or low temperatures, viscosities, reaction speeds, chemical or other properties, freezing-weather and underwater applications, as well as matches for virtually any competitive products.

The information in this brochure in based on laboratory and field tests, but no guarantee is offered or implied, as applications are beyond our control. The user is urged to try the products and methods above described in his own environment and conditions before adopting them.