> If that cedar HAS been up there for that many years, I'd buy one piece and
> cut it up and see how it bends. After a few years, it tends to lose it's
> cell integrity. Brittle..........snap!!! Once it starts to deteriorate,
> I'm not sure it can be effectively rehydrated.

> The redwood and mahogany probably won't work with the CA's because of it's
> composition. I don't know about the mahogany, but, the redwood has some
> strange " acidic?? " quality. When it gets wet, it bleeds some
> sort of dark liquid that will stain anything it comes in contact with. I
> don't know the specifics, as I never studied it, just worked in it.
> Mahogany may just be an oily wood that won't except the CA.

> I don't think I'd use the eccelerator on the CA until I tested it on a
> piece of wood and tried the resin over it. The eccelerator is a spray if
> I'm remembering right and would cover a few square inches of your surface
> area around the CA. ??????????? Just a thought. I don't know why the CA
> wouldn't work great by itself, for tacking spots and using glue as others
> have suggested.

> Rehd

I beleived it is called tannic acid or tannin. That is why red wood is red, or tea and coffee are reddish brown. It reacts with a lot of things -- may be glue included?