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The following tests have been carried out by Coastal Epoxy Restoration. They are very basic and I will leave you to draw your own conclusions. The tests were done at my restoration facility with very little scientific equipment. "A picture is worth a thousand words" I am simply trying to show the penetrating abililty and flexibility of these products. The long pot life is what makes this product unique. For a conclusive scientific study visit my LINKS or click on the link below:

The purpose of this test was to see the penetrating abilities of CPES. This involved placing wood with various degrees of rot in a container containing Clear Penetrating Epoxy Sealer and watch it wick its way up and inside the wood. As you can see it wicks just like water only a little slower. It is possible to see how areas of deteriorated wood are saturated before areas of good wood. Some containers were clear one liter round plastic containers and others were rentangular in shape. Some of the CPES was died blue so it would be more visible.

In the right photo we see Clear Penetrating Epoxy Sealer wicking its way up some wood with the more porous wood winning the race. I tried to keep about one to two centimeters of liquid in the bottom of the trays. I myself was surprised how rapidly CPES wicked up the wood. Some wood was completely penetrated over a four hour period. That is one of the components that allows our product to penetrate so well, its extremely long curing time. It took over one week for some of this wood to (DRY OUT) That is for the Solvents in Clear Penetrating Epoxy Sealer to evaporate.

This is a good picture of how CPES follows the path that the fungi and bacteria have created in the wood. One side is fairly solid and the other is quite rotten. Note now the epoxy on the rotten side has wicked up much higher than the side were the wood is still fairly solid. On the adjacent piece you can see the CPES wicking up between the growth rings in the wood itself. This particular container has clear penetraing epoxy sealer that was died blue thus it is much easier to see.

These three photos illustrate over time how Clear Penetrating Epoxy Sealer wicked all the way through this piece of wood. This old piece of cedar was not in as good as shape as I had orginally thought. This test was conducted over a time period of three to four hours. I removed the wood from the container when it was completely saturated.

Here is a photo of the above wood cut in half. You can see the how Clear Penetrating Epoxy Sealer has completely saturated the wood. The colour is slightly green, I initially died the CPES blue with food colouring and when combined with the natural colour of the wood you see the resultant colour. The piece of wood on the bottom of the photo is untreated .