Wood sealer

[Bear]

Does any one use parraffin wax for sealing their wood? Is it better than, as good as or not as good as anchor seal? How do they compare in price? What are the pros and cons of each?

Thanks for any comments or suggestions.

Bear

 

[scsmith42]

Bear, I think that a lot of bowl blanks are sealed with wax.

The benefit of Anchor Seal is that it has a low evaporation point, and will typically evaporate from the wood during the sterilization process at the end of the kiln cycle (135 degrees F), which leaves no residue to accumulate on your power tools. Wax won't do that.

In 5 gallon batches, Anchor seal is around 15 bucks a gallon.

 

[DaveO]

I would think that Anchorseal would be easier to apply. With wax you would have to heat it and keep it warm. Anchorseal is good to go out of the bucket. NCWood sells turning blanks and he has a turkey fryer that he "cooks" his paraffin in and dips the turning blanks in that.
Not positive on this, but Anchorseal might let a little moisture vapor movement allowing the wood to dry but at a much slower pace. Paraffin probably blocks all moisture movement.
I have scraped the wax off a turning blank, and then wasn't able to turn it right away. When I got back to the blank it had cracked.

Dave

 

[boxxmaker]

I just use anchor sealer,cause wax is a bugger to get off sometimes.I just got 5 gal 69.00 + free shipping. You can get it here.good folks to deal with also. https://www.uccoatings.com/