Sealing log ends

[vick]

I have just come into a load of walnut and was wondering what common shop suplly I could use to seal the end. I had heard latex paint before and was wondering if anyone had tried it. Also since sheellac is good at blocking water vapor I wondered if that would be a good choice?

 

[Fred in NC]

If you don't have Anchorsea, just use latex paint. Shellac is not thick enough.

 

[ryannmphs]

Agree with Fred. Before I had anchorseal I used some latex paint. Just be sure to put on more than one coat allowing each coat to dry before the next. At least that's my experiance, take it for what it's worth.

Ryan

 

[vick]

Thanks guys as always great info.

 

[William Young]

Same here. Latex paint. I slopped a bunch of odds and ends of latex paint on the ends of this pile of aspen . Let it dry and repeated. . Just got a few very minor cracks about 1" in after 2 years of air drying from green wood.
W.Y.

 

[penhead]

William,
Pretty sure it was you who posted pics of your home area before, and every time I see all that wide open country and _mountains_ I get so-o-o-o-o-o jealous[^]

Living here at the ocean side of Virginia its _flat_ and sandy <sigh>


JohnPayton

 

[William Young]

John;
Yep . . . it was probably me. Look what I have to put up with when I look out my shop window depending on the time of year. []
W.Y.

 

[woodspinner]

Buy anchorseal! Get the best if your wood has any value. 5 gal 50.00 - 60.00 bucks

Good turning and be safe
Bill

 

[Darley]

Hi vick look at this .

W.Y nice place you got I'm like John beach is cross the road lots of sun burn[]

The way I seal my logs is simple and very economic .

take 1 quater of petrol( fuel )go to the grocery shop and ask for some foam white box ( polysterene foam box ), break the box in peices and drop in to the petrol it will dissolve, make a paste ou of it then seal one end of your log standing up right with this paste , seal the other end when the first one is dry, no crack with this seal, I guaranty you the seal will be rock hard, try it nothing to loose, but post on this forum your feeling and observation after you try it

Serge

 

[penhead]

Dang but that is nothing but simply beautiful, William.


JohnPayton

 

[Dave C]

I remember wayyyy back when I was young my father had a black walnut tree milled into lumber. What he used to seal the log ends before he had them milled was paraffin wax (canning wax). He sold the lumber before I started doing woodworking but I remember that there was no end grain cracks in the boards. I would use a old coffee can and melt the wax outside on a BBQ or portable stove and use a old paint brush to apply it on the logs. You can cut the wax into smaller pieces to help them melt faster and a pair of vice grips to hold on to the hot can. If the wax starts to set in the can before you are done with the logs just put it back on the heat to melt it. <u>Just be careful because hot wax can burn you.</u>
Just another way to seal the ends
Dave

 

[William Young]

Thanks;
We have used the winter scene for some of our computer made Chistmas cards
W.Y.

 

[tipusnr]

I use the wax in a slow cooker for sealing green blanks cut oversized. I've also sealed some small split log blanks but it's harder as you can't dip the wood in the crock.

Additionally you can put the lid on it afterwards and keep everything out of the paraffin. I'm looking for a second one (spelled cheap garage sale) for old candle wax to use on wood that I don't mind having the end slightly discolored.