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2nd April 2015, 06:42 PM #1SENIOR MEMBER
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Commercial and DIY End Grain Sealers For Green Wood
Yesterday I scored a boot load of Mango from a tree that had been recently been felled. When I went to stick some of Carbatec's "End Sealer" on the pieces, I found that the almost full six month old batch had gone fairly solid in the container. I note that Carbatec says that the product has a shelf life of only 12 months, so maybe my lot had been sitting around for quite a while.
So a few questions before I go and buy another container of the Carbatec product. What are the commercially available alternatives to the Carbatec End Sealer?
A bloke I met at the Maleny woodworking show last year reckoned he uses one of the Lanotec products as a green wood end grain sealer, but he didn't tell me which specific Lanotec product ..... and I haven't found a Lanotec product in the local rural supplies store that looks like it might be suitable. Any ideas ?
I then wondered whether it would be practical to make your own End Sealer - maybe a blend of Mineral Turps and Paraffin Wax ???? Does anyone make their own End Sealer ?
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2nd April 2015, 09:14 PM #2GOLD MEMBER
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Paint, any sort or colour, plastic or enamel, especially if its free. Gave away buying log sealers, just plaster it on good and thick. Works for me .
Rgds,
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2nd April 2015, 09:32 PM #3
I also use paint as a sealer and be prepare to add more at a later stage.
If you are going to use wax then just heat and dip.
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2nd April 2015, 09:39 PM #4GOLD MEMBER
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Get hold of the MSDS for the Carbatec stuff, and see what the solvent is. Might be Kero or Turps based. Anyway, add a bit of the solvent to soften your gluggy stuff to thin it out.
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2nd April 2015, 09:51 PM #5
I got a 20L drum of the watery waxy stuff almost 20 years ago, I decanted it into 4L plastic paint pots.
I still have 3 of those pots, one of the lids has failed in the heat so I have it wrapped up in a black plastic bag.
It is still fine, I used some last month.
I have used old pait too, that also works fine.Cliff.
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3rd April 2015, 09:50 AM #6
Cheap PVA glue works at a pinch for HQ timbers.
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3rd April 2015, 10:00 AM #7Senior Member
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3rd April 2015, 10:52 AM #8GOLD MEMBER
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Mobilcer, if you can still get it.
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3rd April 2015, 02:52 PM #9
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3rd April 2015, 03:35 PM #10
Nope! I was looking a couple of years ago and was told at the Mobil depot at Altona that they no longer make it. Caltex make a product called, would you believe, "End Grain Sealer" available in 20kg quantities only, but yes you can use anything to slow down the drying process, paint, pva glue, a mix of turps & polystyrene, paraffin wax.
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3rd April 2015, 09:26 PM #11
I went halves on a 20l drum with another forumite. Although I can't see it on their web site, this mob used to sell smaller containers of it http://www.woodturningsupplies.com.au/
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4th April 2015, 11:12 AM #12GOLD MEMBER
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Mobilcer and Caltex End Grain Sealer are basically the same.
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4th April 2015, 12:02 PM #13
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4th April 2015, 11:29 PM #15
Your right Joe,it does tend to separate.Hence the water will then evaporate if the lid is not correctly sealed onto the container.I actually prefer the mix when it is a bit thicker as it is then inclined to stay on the brush better and not drip all over the place ...MM
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