: Just happens that I stopped by the CPES people yesterday, bought some product
: for an experiment and got literature and MSDS. The CPES is +/- 50%
: solvents, a proprietary blend of 18 of them, most of which have very fast
: evaporation rates. This stuff soaks in very well at ambient pressure, but
: all bets would be off in a vacuum. Since the solvents are the vehicle that
: carries the solids (epoxy) into the capillaries of the wood, and since the
: solvents would flash off under vacuum, my guess is that penetration would
: not be as good as under ambient.

hehe
so make it subambient the next time out on the chuck. 200' of fishingline, strong plastic bag w/ some cpes, the handle and a little lead wt. Drop over the side for a few hrs.

handle at 1atm,cpes at 5-7atm, no evaporation.

but prob too cold, viscous to flow or set up.

oh well

-mick