hedgerow is out with a chain saw

[hedgerow pete]

ok people i am off next week to help a friend remove a tree, anapple tree, there might be some wood turnable logs in it, i understand the drying bit,

what do you people use as an end sealer, i have

oil based paint ie gloss avalible, but very little bees wax left, or what else can i use?

 

[RoofTops]

The stuff I've seen painted on end grain of large logs look car body under seal. I expect it isn't but it was very thick and gungy.

 

[hedgerow pete]

it could well be, i was told i was to seal the cut ends asap after cutting and to let the water come out of the sides through the bark, but the stuff i was told to use was some form of wax based water based stuff and its half a million pounds a gallon so a bit out of the price range,

i think i will just chain saw it in to logs and forget the bowl turners offer

 

[rae]

Endseal

http://www.axminster.co.uk/chestnut-chestnut-endseal-prod22022/

Probably in the expensive category, but wood is expensive stuff. At a pinch old emulsion paint will do the job (put it on thick).

 

[PeteN]

Last time I did this I just used primer. Good thick coat and touched up any bits that needed once original coat was dry. Had no cases if splitting, that was on sycamore.

Pete

 

[pbh4]

I use PVA sealer. Cheap but effective. Just coat the end grain and let it dry through the sides. Logs will probably split anyway. If they are big enough you are better to split them along the pith and dry half logs. It is supposed to take one year per inch of thickness to dry fully but if you want to turn them you are probably better off rough turning the wet wood, drying the rough bowl for a year then putting it back on the lathe to turn it true (it will have warped while drying) and finishing it.

Paul

 

[For want of a better word]

12 years per Hoppus foot for fruitwood

I have my logs cut and kiln dried at local woodyard, works out about £4 per Hoppus foot, but OK for turning after a years seasoning, planks about 1 foot thick... makes nice tables too!

PVA with a bit of woodsoot seems to work for sealing!

 

[hedgerow pete]

rae, thats the stuff icant afford, i am off to day to chop these trees down and to earn a little sheckel or two, i think i will dig out the old bucket of gloss paint and slap that on the ends, better than nothing i suppose