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I need help with a cottage industry idea: Blackened Bones for crafts and coustumes

 
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If you have ever made biochar from bones you might have found the results oddly beautiful.
At the same time, they are rather fragile.
Is there a simple, relatively cheap way to harden pyrolyzed bones, so they can be used for handles, in jewelry and other ways?
 
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This is a really interesting idea, William.  I don't know, but I want to see if someone can answer this question because now I want to know too.
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I'd look at impregnating the bones with resin.  I have impregnated wood with resin for projects before. YouTube has several tutorials. The material can be sanded for a satin finish or polished to a shiny finish. There are resins that are heat cured that wouldn't require a vacuum. The heat cured would also lend itself to the bone's unusual shapes. With the heat cured and a vacuum I wonder what would happen. Might be worth a test.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nucsD0kLyNc
 
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Make sure and let us know if you figure this out.  They are beautiful.  I like bones.
 
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MinWax makes a wood hardener. I have never used it but am told it even makes punky wood very hard. Might be worth a look.
 
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