Wood Hardener & Repair

I have ordered this several times. I have a wood house in the jungle, so treating wood rot is an ongoing project. This stuff hardens very nicely. The watery consistency makes it easier to soak into wood, also easy to inject with syringe (my preferred method) than other liquid epoxies I have used. I’ve also used several other epoxy based wood filler products with it once it hardens and they have all adhered well. Good stuff.

this is a great product for use on decks or other surfaces where there is dry rot in small areas. Hardens overnight, works very well.. It will definitely extend the live of the wood, and could delay replacement indefinitely.

I put it on as directed. Can't really see what it does. Easy to use. thin liquid. hoping for the best.

I wasn’t sure how this would work, but it does as advertised. I left it dry for 24 hours before applying a second coat. It actually hardens the rotted wood, after all the loose pieces are removed.

This is a good product for surface wood that is unstable due to weathering. I’ve used it on a fence prior to installing trellis and 4X4’s on a deck. I doubt it would be suitable for more than surface weathering.

I live in a mobile home- once you get past the ick Factor associated with mobile homes they're really a very good way to secure housing where I live as apartments are extremely expensive Someone decided to make all the subfloors inobile homes out of MDF which is that garbage stuff made of sawdust and some kind of binder. The subfloors fail in everybody's motorhome and it is not inexpensive to have it repaired. I really love this product because when I apply it directly to that garbage MDF it makes it hard probably harder than it was when manufactured. When I see the MDF getting kind of soft I apply this miracle stuff and I live to fight another day. It makes repairs so much easier and less expensive and a t $10 a bottle I've also used it to repair my wooden porch and I'm thinking there's probably a great many things I could use it on. I thnk virtually everyone should have a bottle of this under their sink. Hopefully they don't have MDF subfloors but they probably have some wooden patio furniture a deck or planters that this product will easily repair! I recommend it to everyone and I think if you buy it you will find it extremely useful.

Did not work very well

Pleasantly surprised how well it was to use and how strong it helped make the rotted board

Works very well used it on woodworm damaged wood and rotten exterior wood. Takes longer to dry then solvent based products but has almost no smell so is brilliant to use indoors. Expensive but goes a long way. Won't be using solvent based hardener indoors ever again.

Ich suchte schon immer einen guten Härter. Ich mache in meiner Freizeit Papier Schmuck, und dafür suchte ich einen guten Härter um meine Schmuckstücke Alltags tauglich zu machen. Mit diesem Holzhärter hat es nach langen ausprobieren mit anderen Produkten endlich geklappt. Er Riecht nicht unangenehm und trocknet sehr schnell

Clean-up Tip for PC-Woody 2-pt epoxy – Wear disposable gloves. Use nail polish remover (acetone based) to clean working tools. (You can also use denatured alcohol). As soon as you’re finished using the 2-pt epoxy, wet a paper towel with nail polish remover and wipe your tools (metal or plastic); the sticky epoxy immediately melts away. In 2010 I first used PC-Woody petrifier and 2-pt epoxy filler to repair a cedar fence post and cedar gate which were splitting. Also, the screws for the gate hinges & latches were loose and falling out due to the cedar softening from old age (26 yrs). I applied 2 coats of the petrifier solution to harden the deteriorated sections and then filled the areas with 2-pt epoxy. Worked great – now 5 yrs later in 2016, the posts and screw holes are still hard as rock and the hinges & latches haven’t budged. In 2011 the fence was painted with 2 coats of water-based exterior solid stain which covered the repaired areas very well; still looks good today. This year my rough-cedar exterior stairs has tiny vegetation growing on top of the top two treads, as well as on top of my cedar picnic table. I have no idea what type of plants they are (could be lichen), but they have bright tiny orange/yellow flowers with short white roots. Warning – get rid of plant growth in wood as soon as you see it! Unfortunately, if left too long the vegetation eats and rots the wood from inside out making it soft and spongy. I sprayed twice with 50/50 bleach & water solution to kill the vegetation and covered the area with plastic to keep out the rain. After the vegetation died, I dug out the soft rotted wood portions, which left huge voids in the treads. I applied 3 applications of PC petrifier which hardened the rotted sections. Using a plastic putty knife/spatula, I filled the voids with PC 2-pt epoxy on 3 different days in order to build up the damaged area and allowed the epoxy to dry 24-hrs between each application. The epoxy is now hard as rock ready to sand and paint. After sanding with coarse-grit sandpaper, I painted using Benjamin Moore water-based solid stain, which covered the repaired areas without any problem. The stain on the repaired areas dried slightly lighter than the wood, but it’s by far a vast improvement over the rot-damaged look. The finished top tread looks a bit rougher in grain texture, rather than totally smooth, but I needed the rest of the epoxy to repair the picnic table. Since the stairs are made from rough cedar, I’m not too concerned, as the wood already has a naturally rough appearance. Time will tell as to whether it will maintain its weight-bearing strength and although the top tread sustained considerable wood rot, it now feels completely solid and safe. For the stairs I used 1 1/3 (16-oz) bottles of petrifier and 1 1/3 (12-oz) cans of 2-pt epoxy; the remainder I used for the picnic table. Overall, I’m very pleased with the finished result and highly recommend PC-Woody petrifier and 2-pt epoxy for similar repairs.

I bought this to treat an old wood window (circa 1940’s) sill. It was super easy to use and the window sill is definitely hard. I also purchased the 2 part wood epoxy. Together the window sill has been rescued from the landfill and I don’t have to replace the window (for a few more years anyway). I am going to try to petrify a soft spot in my boat with the remainder of my first bottle. Have purchased a second bottle as well as the wood epoxy to do some touch ups at the cabin. I’m very pleased with results from PC Products Petrifier.

It is a little early to judge this product because I bought it to make paper beads and haven't started yet: It was delivered in reasonable time and arrived safely!