LiquidWood 2 Pint Kit – 2-Part Structural Epoxy Wood Hardener and Consolidant Resin.

I am a General Contractor, retired now after 45 years. There is not much that rots that I have not seen or been asked to repair/replace. This product has saved me and my clients so much time and money it is hard to put a value on it. I used to used polyester resin (Bondo). But in a year it will crack because it does not bond permanently to the wood cells. Abatron Liquid Wood is different. It is a very slow setting epoxy. You can mix it up and pour or brush it onto sections of rotting wood, tops of water decayed beams, delaminating plywood flooring, etc., and it will move into and be absorbed by the wood cells before it begins to cure. When cured, that part which used to be organic rot is now basically a plastic structure. Nearly impervious to water, it cannot rot any longer. Loose fibers do not need to be cleaned before applying as they become a structural part of this epoxy bond as the material is absorbed and hardens. You can probably tell that I am a big fan of this product. The sister product they make, Abatron Woodepox, is a 2 part epoxy material that is similar to lightweight spackle. Mixed in equal parts, you can work this by hand into voids, large and small, rughly shape it to the original wood member size, and walk away for 24 hrs. When you come back, it is perfectl;y bonded to the Liquidwood and the remaining solid wood. It can now be cut, sanded, shaped as necessary and painted. That part of your beam (or whatever) will not rot again. It bonds with the wood, so it moves with the wood... no cracking. No call backs. No problems. I highly recommend this over any other exterior patching or repair compound I have ever tried. It is not inexpensive. But then, neither is your time nor reputation. This is how the job is done right the first time.

Nothing hardens rotted wood like Abatron LiquidWood. Been using it for years. If you want a permanent fix, this is it.

Worked great!

This is too thick to think it will absorb into rotted wood. it seems to dry strong and do what epoxies do...but needed to be a little thinner. It helped me reinforce some rotted wood and coat other wood and I used it, but wish it was a bit thinner. In general it was OK and better value than other brands.

Fairly easy to work with when mixing but I wish it was in a more "pour friendly" container. It is liquid and runny so be careful about drips and runs. Hardened overnight in a high humidity environment and seems to be setting up and curing well. Dries clear and glossy. Only time will tell if it lasts on an exterior application (deck) exposed to weather. It looks like it will take paint easily, but I don't know if it will take a stain or not. It's expensive but so far, I'm impressed. Although the instructions stated you could apply it directly to rotten wood and let it soak in, they also stated that the wood needed to be dry. I chose to remove as much of the rotten wood as I could - primarily because it had a high moisture content. After applying this product, I filled the hole with their epoxy putty.

The Abatron liquid is an outstanding product. I have found it to be the best wood repair. I have been using this product for 25 plus years. I highly recommend.

Worked out better than expected. I'd never used this stuff before, or even heard of it. But I needed something to firm up the edges of a particle board chest I'm restoring (Why was it made of particle board? Why would I bother with such a substandard thing? Answer - not even sure myself). The edges had nail and screw holes (from the hinge and God only knows what else), not to mention the fact that the chest is at least 25 years old, and particle board does not age well. Anyway. This product did the job famously. Kudos to the other reviewer who observed that a splash of acetone will thin the mix quite well. This helped a lot, as I needed a "water like" consistency to apply this properly. When initially mixed, this product comes pretty close to that anyhow, but the acetone really clinched it. Working time on the can says about 45 minutes, and I got just about every minute of that, but if it's really warm your experience might come in slightly under that. The particle board soaked up the product like a thirsty guy in a desert, and with the long working time I was able to apply several applications. I'm not certain how deep it went, but it set up rock hard, and I have high confidence that when I install the new hinge screws the edges will hold better now than when it was first built. Very good product, and I suspect I will find other uses for it with other projects.

I'm working with epoxy for many years and do understand how important is mixing it properly. 1st batch of this product dried in two days, longer than expected but it did. Second coat, when I decided to cover the whole window, doesn't dry, and it's 3 days already as I applied it. I did mix it properly, used measuring cups for mixing correct volumes, 1:1, and stirred it for more than 1 minute. I don't know why it doesn't dry but now I'm "sanding" this really sticky stuff off, and I'm pissed. The window is ruined, I spent so much time on it, and now need to spend much more. The window has a complex shape and removing this stuff is a nightmare. Not only this epoxy is really expensive, it's not robust. You may be lucky and it will dry, but when it won't, you will really regret you used it. I'm REALLY unhappy.

Hardened and strengthened rotting wood - great product. Easy to use.

Ce produit est un peu cher mais ça sauve ma vieille galerie avec les bois craqués. Après le travail je n'entends presque plus de bruits quand je marche dessus. Une fois gelé dans le bois ça devient extrêmement solide, même plus solide que le bois lui même. Faites attention cependant que vous n'avez que 30 minutes environ pour travailler une fois mélanger les deux réactifs (la définition de "working time" sur la description n'est pas assez claire pour les débutants comme moi), sinon ça se gèlera très vite dans votre conteneur, surtout quand il fait chaud et quand le produit mélangé est exposé directement sous le soleil. Je n'avais pas d'expérience au début car j'ai pas fait assez vite puis tout est mêlé...

Used to repair some semi-rotted floor boards in 3 season room. Perfect solution. Easy to mix and pour. Instructions are clear and easy to follow.

Used it to restore rim joist-to-post contact areas on a deck that did not easily allow for removing the rim joist due to fiberglass deck surface. Once mixed, there was at least one hour of pot life and it took about 8 hours to dry to a tacky film. It was hard after 12 hours. It has low viscosity having the consistency of maple syrup. This allows it to be soaked deeply into punky wood. Once it hardened, I restored the missing wood with Bondo. It goes further than I thought. I ended up only using about half. I cannot com but the completed job looked great.ment on how it will stand up

Très bon produit .je l ai acheté a plusieurs reprise