Tips for stabilizing Japanese cedar?

I know its not Japanese cedar but...
I also heard cedar could be tricky to stabilize so I contacted K&G about stabilizing some eastern red cedar I had and told them I heard there could be problems and they said no problem. Had some stabilized and its fine.

 

I have had cedar stabilized, too. It needs to be dried fro a long time to assure that the volatile oils are as gone as possible. For more details, check with Ben at Greenberg woods and/or with Ken at K&G.

 

The Japanese cedar you have is almost certainly Cryptomeria japonica, also known as sugi cedar. Ive had it stabilized dozens of times and it works very well. Samples i have go from ~.35 g/cm^3 to over 1.12 g/cm^3 when K&G is done with them.

I cant tell you how to do it yourself, but i will tell you it can be done without issue.