Diorama... How to preserve wood

starmanmm · Post by **starmanmm** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 7:38 am

How do you preserve pieces of wood from decaying when used for a diorama?

Seal it with dull coat or soak it in a glue/water mixture?

I have a lot of interesting pieces to use, but I need to be able to save them for future use so I need to find something to preserve them.

Thanks

MillenniumFalsehood · Post by **MillenniumFalsehood** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 5:27 pm

I would suggest putting them in a dry environment or soaking them in CA, which you can get in bulk from some craft supply stores. If the wood is already dry, keep it from coming into contact with any moisture, since even a little bit is sufficient to start the decaying process.

Post by **TER-OR** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 11:29 pm

Future works like a charm, too. There's nothing like a hard acrylic shell.
Polyurethane wood finish is also good, of course.

starmanmm · Post by **starmanmm** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 5:04 pm

Thanks for the ideas.

Will try the future or poly.